When Meer Faschen, a former idealist who now works for the system against which he used to rebel, learns that a friend he had sentenced to exile has died, he sets out to retrieve the body.
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On a planet governed by harsh laws and customs, a middle-aged counselor responds to a dying man's last wish and embarks on a journey into the unknown to return a traitor's body home for burial. Kube-McDowell depicts a civilization gone quietly awry in this compelling and disturbing story of a man's recovery of his lost honor. The author of The Quiet Pools (Ace, 1990) tells his tale with spartan simplicity, letting his prose imply rather than explicate. On the basis of literary merit as well as good storytelling, this title belongs in most sf collections.
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- PublisherAce Hardcover
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0441222110
- ISBN 13 9780441222117
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages289
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