Paradise Blight
wdhenning
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  • Reads 16,682
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  • Parts 22
  • Time 2h 38m
wdhenning
Complete, First published Jan 15, 2019
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The first terraformed world, Tau Ceti Four, was now ready for colonization.  Some called it Paradise, and it seemed a fitting name.  The initial conditions before the terraforming began were perfect, too perfect for botanist Mora Torr.  Something was not right.

Engineer Gan Finn came over with the other colonists on the Ark Hope ship.  He, like Mora, was as much running away from an anguished past as seeking Paradise.  But twelve light-years distance itself does not cure broken hearts.


"So, are there any alien jubjub birds, bandersnatches, or jabberwocks around here I should be worried about?"
Laughter rolled from her mouth at the Alice in Wonderland reference. "Oh, nothing like that. It's not the big scary creatures we should worry about, besides other humans that is, but the tiny ones. History has shown us that things like bacteria, virus, and small parasites are the real killers. The deadliest creature in all the human history is a mosquito with a pathogen."


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