The Vastalimi Gambit |
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| Author:
| Perry, Steve |
| Series title: | Cutter's Wars Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-425-25663-3 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2013 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Ace |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $7.99 |
Book Description:
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At the close of the twenty-fourth century, a series of revolutions has caused the galaxy to descend into chaos. With the Galactic Union Army stretched thin, mercenary units have arisen for those who have the need-and the means-to hire them... Kay, the alien member of the Cutter Force Initiative, has returned to her brutal home world of Vaston a mission of mercy. Before she joined the merc team, she was a great healer. And now her skills are sorely needed. Hundreds...
More Description At the close of the twenty-fourth century, a series of revolutions has caused the galaxy to descend into chaos. With the Galactic Union Army stretched thin, mercenary units have arisen for those who have the need-and the means-to hire them...
Kay, the alien member of the Cutter Force Initiative, has returned to her brutal home world of Vaston a mission of mercy. Before she joined the merc team, she was a great healer. And now her skills are sorely needed. Hundreds of Vastalimi-including her blood-kin-are dying mysteriously.
But is the plague a work of nature? Or is it a bioengineered virus, purposefully unleashed? Kay and Doc Wink will have to find out the hard way.
With the Cutter Force light-years away, the two find the odds against them-and on a planet like Vast, where violence abounds and life is cheap, they may be facing a foe they can't defeat...