Scarab
Don D'Ammassa / Author Five Star (ME) $26.95 (268p) ISBN 978-1
Set on the caste-ridden planet of Tashista, where a serial killer's hitherto random murders start to fit an unusual pattern.
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Reviewed on: 04/01/2004
Genre: Fiction
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