This World is Taboo

by Murray Leinster

Book Overview

Calhoun, a med-service operative, is dispatched to the planet Dara, a world quarantined due to an outbreak of a deadly plague. The population, suffering from both illness and the stigma of being "plague-ridden," struggles to survive. As Calhoun investigates, he uncovers political conspiracies and social prejudices between Dara and its neighboring planet, Weald. Themes of isolation, xenophobia, and medical ethics run through the narrative, as Calhoun...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557429014
• ISBN13: 9781557429018
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Wildside Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"