A Miracle of Rare Design
Book 1 of Birthright Universe
Language: English
Adventure Stories Essays & Travelogues Fiction General Library - Science Fiction and Fantasy Nomination of 1994 HOMer Award for Novel Novel Science Fiction Science Fiction/Fantasy Travel Travel Writing - Fiction Travel writing _isfdb
Publisher: Tor
Published: Dec 2, 1994
Description:
The 12,000-world Republic of Man sends successful author and notorious thrillseeker Xavier William Lennox to an alien planet on an undercover mission. Disguised as one of the xenophobic natives, Lennox attempts to persuade their leader to grant mining rights to the valuable minerals that lay buried in their vast deserts. When Lennox is rescued ... tortured and barely alive ... the Republic offers him another chance at the job, but with a new body surgically altered to exactly match the hideous natives.