Judge
Chapter One
I have made it work consistently, Gai Chail. I am confident that I can remove c'naatat from any human host, because I can remove it from Dr. Rayat after multiple reinfections. I plan to continue to work on removing it from wess'har, of course.
Da Shapakti, biologist-physician of Surang, in a message to Esganikan Gai, pending her revival in Earth orbit
Shan Frankland rolled over, stomach heaving in disoriented protest, and found herself staring at the curved surface of a marbled planet from space.
She'd been here before, without a suit.
Shit, shit, shit, I've been spaced again, I'm spaced again . . .
Thin watery vomit came to a spattering halt in front of her face as it hit something solid, and she knew she wasn't treading vacuum this time—not drifting in the void, freeze-dried, yet alive and conscious—but on an Eqbas ship with its deck in transparent display mode. It wasn't the most reassuring thing to see when you were struggling to surface from cryosuspension.
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