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Expendable

In the twenty-first century, those who are intelligent and otherwise healthy but unattractive are recruited to make first landings on unexplored planets. A pair of Explorers is given a secret assignment to escort an aging admiral, and they are willing to try even mutiny to escape.

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  • "In the twenty-first century, those who are intelligent and otherwise healthy but unattractive are recruited to make first landings on unexplored planets. A pair of Explorers is given a secret assignment to escort an aging admiral, and they are willing to try even mutiny to escape."@en
  • "In the twenty-first century, those who are intelligent and otherwise healthy but unattractive are recruited to make first landings on unexplored planets. A pair of Explorers is given a secret assignment to escort an aging admiral, and they are willing to try even mutiny to escape."
  • "In the 25th century, under the leadership of the League of Peoples, war and crime are a thing of the past and life is held sacred. That is, as long as you're healthy and beautiful. But those who are deformed, flawed or misfit in any way are destined - or is "doomed" a better word? - to become Explorers, crews assigned to probe worlds so hostile, the chances of returning are somewhere between slim and none. In EXPENDABLE, the first volume of the League of Peoples, Festina Ramos is assigned to escort an unstable admiral to planet Melaquin. Little is known about Melaquin, for every explorer who's landed there has disappeared. It's come to be known as the "planet of no return," and the High Council has made a habit of sending troublesome admirals there in an attempt to get rid of them. It's clear that this is intended to be Ramos' last mission, but she doesn't plan on dying, no matter how expendable she may be."@en
  • "On any given planetdown mission, there's always someone whose job it is to walk into danger and get killed. What must it be like to be him, knowing your lifespan is as short as a fruitfly's?"@en
  • ""Under the benevolent leadership of the League of Peoples, there is no war, little crime, and life is sacred ... unless you're an Explorer. The ugly, the flawed, the misfit, the deformed, they are the unwanted, flung to the farthest corners of the galaxy to investigate hostile planets and strange, vicious creatures. Out there, there are a thousand different -- and terrible -- ways to die. Festina Ramos belongs to the well-trained, always-dwindling ranks of ECMs (Expendable Crew Members). Now she and her partner, Yarrun Derigha, have been ordered to escort the unstable Admiral Chee to Melaquin -- the feared "Planet of No Return"--Which has swallowed up countless Explorers before them without a trace. Obviously, this is meant to be the last mission for Ramos and Derigha. But it won't be, if Festina can help it."-- Amazon product description."@en
  • "An exciting tale of deep space, alien worlds, and the select group of men and women whose mission is to make first contact with the unknown. They are ... expendable."@en

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  • "Science fiction"@en
  • "Science fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "Expendable"@en
  • "Expendable"

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