Festina and her partner, Yarrun (missing the left side of his face), are assigned to escort a banished admiral to Melanquin, a planet where a number of Explorers have been ""lost."" All three realize this is meant to be their last mission-but Festina has other plans. Their job is to land on hostile planets, to make first contact with alien cultures-a mission they don't usually survive. But if the victim was not so well-liked, and above all, ugly, well, bad things happen, but we all have to carry on."" Festina Ramos, born with a port-wine stain covering most of her face, is a member of the Explorer Corps, who are all bright and capable, but born with some disfigurement or handicap. ""If the victim was popular, well-liked, and above all, physically attractive, fellow crewmates took the death hard. Gardner's impressive debut novel has an intriguing premise: in a society whose members expect to die of old age, certain deaths are considered more disturbing than others.
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