Well, the point of me not revealing a title is so that if you run across this book later, you won't think, "OH! This is the one where Pavel said X happens!"

A spoiler by itself, without a link to the book, isn't a spoiler at all, which is why I didn't include the title.

If you're curious, I can drop five recommendations for good books, one of which is the work I'm referring to :)

It’s a rather famous sci-fi universe by a well known author, and I don’t think this particular revelation would spoil much of it.