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After completing an arduous qualification flight, Priscilla Hutchins embarks on her first interstellar assignment with a corporation tasked with terraforming a fledgling world. The company’s operations threaten native life, provoking global outrage and complicating the conditions for space pilots. Amid bomb threats, internal sabotage, and tense negotiations with her employers, Priscilla must navigate the perils of a ship’s bridge and confront an enigmatic life‑form in a world adrift between the stars, forcing her to test her abilities and resolve.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Jack McDevitt
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