This Alien Shore (Daw Book Collectors 1096)

About this book

It is the second age of space colonization. The first age humanitys initial attempt to people the stars ended in disaster when it was discovered that Earths original super-luminal drive did lasting genetic damage to all who used it - permanently mutating Earths far-flung colonists in mind and body. Abandoned by their home planet exiles in alien star systems these variant humans had no choice but to survive any way they could. Jamisia has always lived in Shido Habitat a corporate satellite in Earths outer orbit. She has no memories of her parents but has been nurtured by the fatherly care of her tutor. Protected by her biological brain-ware systems and accompanied by the many voices in her head she has grown into a resourceful if unusual young woman. When Shido is viciously attacked by corporate raiders Jamisias tutor risks his life to smuggle her onto a ship bound for the nearest ainniq - the Gueran jump station to the Up-and-Out. But before he dies he tells her something which rocks the foundation of her world - the raiders were searching for her....