CV (CV #1)
Damon Knight
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· 2 ratings · 288 pages · Published: 08 Apr 1985
Dr. Wallace McNulty expects his job as CV’s chief medical officer to be an easy berth. For Emily and Jim Woodruff, CV may be their new home. Paul Newland is aboard to discover whether CV really is a threat to his dream of orbital space colonies; and for the man hired to assassinate Newland, CV is a challenge to his skill at the hunt.
But there is one more thing aboard Sea Venture. It is not human; it is not even of Earthly origin. It is sweeping like a firestorm through the passengers and crew, leaving hundreds of men and women collapsed into coma. It spreads like no epidemic Dr. McNulty has ever heard of—moving from one person to another, one at a time, almost as if it were not a disease and all, but an intelligence…
And of what importance are the hopes and dreams, fears and schemes of the people of Sea Venture when they are threatened by a force that could destroy all of human civilization?