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Antennae‑laced with silver and crowned with a tiny horn, the little girl who floats inside an escape pod possesses uncanny powers: purifying air and water, coaxing plant growth, and mending wounds. She is rescued by three rough miners and brought to the outlaw planet Kezdet, a place where questions are rare and freedom lingers in the shadows. But Kezdet’s prosperity relies on a cruel child‑slave economy overseen by a secretive figure known as The Piper, who harbors designs for the girl’s abilities. As the girl matures, she decides to defy the oppression that surrounds her and carve out a future of her own.
First publish date: 1997
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Anne McCaffrey
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