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Surgeon Captain Lioren was a perfectionist who expected similarly high standards from everyone who worked with him. But on a First Contact mission to a planet where plague had reduced a peaceful civilisation to barbarism and war, Lioren's perfectionism was his undoing. In his zeal to find a cure for the plague he unwittingly caused the death of the entire planetary population.
Lioren's guilt led him to seek the ultimate penalty - death. But instead, he was sent to the Sector General hospital as a lowly trainee in the psychology department. But when an alien - and the first of its kind to reach Sector General - needed help he would speak to no one but Lioren. And before the alien can be cured, Lioren must do the impossible: forgive himself.
Surgeon Captain Lioren was a perfectionist who expected similarly high standards from everyone who worked with him. But on a First Contact mission to a planet where plague had reduced a peaceful civilisation to barbarism and war, Lioren's perfectionism was his undoing. In his zeal to find a cure ...
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James White (1928-1999) was a Northern Irish author of science fiction novellas, short stories and novels. White abhorred violence, probably as a result of his experiences during WW2, and his best known work is the Sector General series which was nominated for several awards.
James White (1928-1999) was a Northern Irish author of science fiction novellas, short stories and novels. White abhorred violence, probably as a result of his experiences during WW2, and his best known work is the Sector General series which was nominated for several awards.
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