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Dr. Cherijo Grey Veil leaves Earth and accepts a position as a physician at Kevarzanga-2's FreeClinic. Her surgical skills are desperately needed on a hostile frontier world with over 200 sentient species--and her understanding of alien physiology is nothing short of miraculous. But the truth... read more

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I bet Hippocrates never stepped one foot into a dump like this, I thought as I peered through the tavern's narrow entrance.

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I. PART ONE: Initiation

CHAPTER ONE - Terra
CHAPTER TWO - K-2
CHAPTER THREE - First Shift
CHAPTER FOUR - Taboos, Duty, Chickens
CHAPTER FIVE - Hsktskts Squared


II. PART Two: Application

CHAPTER Six - Bartermen
CHAPTER SEVEN - Falls and Links
CHAPTER EIGHT - Dangerous Games
CHAPTER NINE - Confrontations
CHAPTER TEN - Hazard Clause


III. PART THREE: Complication

CHAPTER ELEVEN - Offplanet
CHAPTER TWELVE - Clash of Wills
CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Seductions of Failing
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - K2V1
CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Epidemic

IV. PART FOUR: Resolution

CHAPTER SIXTEEN - That Which Recovers
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - Unexpected Allies
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - Last Rights
CHAPTER NINETEEN - Begin Again
CHAPTER TWENTY - Calls from Home

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This is book 1 of 10 in Stardoc. (standard series)

Followed by Beyond Varallan.

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  1. S. L. Viehl (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin (Imprint: Roc)
Country: United States
Publication Date: January 2000
ISBN: 0451457730
Page Count: 400

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