McLendon's Syndrome

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Ken MacKays career in space was going nowhere. The decrepit trading ship he served on was also going nowhere: the Rustams Slipper was grounded on Schuylers World a backwater planet lacking even a good bar. For diversion Schuylers offered bad bars cute yet conniving aliens called Rodents and Catarina -- a mysterious beautiful unsettlingly smart woman. Catarina Wanted a berth on the Slipper; the Slipper needed a crew member. She Was hired. But Ken soon discovered that Catarina was more than a vamp with a razor-sharp wit. First was her case of McLendons Syndrome an obscure little contagious disease treatable only with chocolate-chip cookies. Then there were all the secrets she was hiding. So she wasnt the most trustworthy ally a guy could want as the Slipper hurried straight into murder mayhem intrigue and an interspecies war -- but she was all Ken had. And unless she helped Ken whip the crew into shape and muster the misfits and malcontents of Schuylers World it would be the shortest war on record... Del Rey Discovery Experience the wonder of discovery with Del Reys newest authors!