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Expendable

League of Peoples, Book 1

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Written by: James Alan Gardner
Narrated by: Christine Marshall
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Under the benevolent leadership of the League of Peoples, there is no war, little crime, and life is sacred...unless you're an Explorer. The ugly, the flawed, the misfit, the deformed, they are the unwanted, flung to the farthest corners of the galaxy to investigate hostile planets and strange, vicious creatures. Out there, there are a thousand different - and terrible - ways to die.

Festina Ramos belongs to the well-trained, always-dwindling ranks of ECMs (Expendable Crew Members). Now she and her partner, Yarrun Derigha, have been ordered to escort the unstable Admiral Chee to Melaquin -- the feared "Planet of No Return"-- which has swallowed up countless Explorers before them without a trace.Obviously, this is meant to be the last mission for Ramos and Derigha. But it won't be, if Festina can help it.

©1997 James Alan Gardner (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Adventure First Contact Science Fiction Space Opera Fiction Explorer Solar System
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I read this book when it came out and just loved it. Ramos is very resourceful and ethical, not like the rest of the universe they are in. this time, I listen to the book and my experience was totally different. there's no "crime", disease and the people in this universe lack motivation, very selfish and no kualms. for anything, I didn't like this book on a second run.

how this universe is cruel towards each other

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