This World Is Taboo

This World Is Taboo

by Murray Leinster

Calhoun, an Interstellar Medical Serviceman, is sent to Dara, a forbidden planet under quarantine due to a deadly plague. Despite the risks, Calhoun must break quarantine to help the people of Dara. However, he soon finds himself caught in a dangerous game as he uncovers the truth behind the planet's taboo status and faces threats from both the deadly plague and the suspicious inhabitants of Dara.

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Murray Leinster

United States

Murray Leinster was a nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American writer of science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie scripts, and hundre...

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