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The Exile Waiting is set in a distant future where Earth has become uninhabitable, its sole city Center built around a natural cave system and isolated from the outside world. Mischa, a young thief whose abilities are amplified by hereditary mutation, struggles against her oppressive uncle while trying to help her brother, who is struggling with drug addiction. When a starship arrives, commanded by twin alien pseudosibs Subone and Subtwo, Mischa sees an opportunity for escape. The plan initially succeeds, but a cruel act by Subone draws Mischa’s brother into a fatal conflict. Mischa retaliates, but must flee the alien retaliation and seek refuge back under the city’s deep caves.
First publish date: 1975
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Vonda N. McIntyre
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