Shivering World

✍ Scribed by Tyers, Kathy

• Book ID: 110473680
• Publisher: Gilead Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 899 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

A planet on the edge of life. A woman on the edge of hope. When microbiologist Graysha Brady-Phillips accepts an offer to assist in terraforming the planet Goddard, she does so for two reasons: She needs the hazardous duty pay, and she hopes that the planet's colonists can provide a cure for the genetic disorder that is slowly killing her.But such genetic engineering has been banned by the powerful Eugenics Board for decades, and Graysha is that board's high commissioner's daughter. When the colonists discover this, she isn't surprised to be ostracized, for the potential penalties for conducting their radical research can include death. Graysha tries to pursue her profession and befriend the colonists, but soon she is dodging attempts on her life.Even as Graysha questions whether her hope is worth the peril, she realizes she has grown attached to her new world. But that world is being threatened, and Graysha must decide what she is willing to sacrifice: her security and...