Lahore β a city of secretive glamour, whispering elites, and sordid affairs. A city brought to its knees by terrorism.Forty one-year old Mona has almost everything: money, friends, social status... everything except for freedom in the repressed Pakistani society. Languishing in her golden cage, she
In the Company of Others
β Scribed by Julie E. Czerneda
- Publisher
- DAW
- Year
- 2010;2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 412 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
When the terraforming crews introduced the alien Quill to worlds where they did not belong, they saw them only as a mindless form of fungal life. But the Quill multiplied and mutated until they were no longer harmless. In the ensuing chaos, many stations failed. For the survivors, their only hope rests in finding a way to wipe out the Quill...
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