The story of their visits to four unique worlds, some filled with the wonder of alien life and others filled with the horror of it, is told by engineer Ariadne O’Neill, who wrestles with the changes to her body and to her knowledge of the universe. Their blood can produce antifreeze, their bodies absorb radiation and convert it to nutrition, and their bones can stand up to increases in gravity. Through somaforming, the four can alter their own biology to fit each new world so as not to alter or interfere with the world itself-a key tenet of their voyage. In this novella set in the not-too-distant future, four astronauts look for life in a galaxy that’s light-years from Earth.
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