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The ship who searched

by Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey

After being paralysed by a debilitating illness, a young woman becomes the sentient intelligence of a starship. Alongside a human partner, she travels the galaxy to uncover the origins of a deadly plague and seek a cure.

Accession 32328 ISBN 1857232100 Publisher Orbit
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