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The Child Goddess

Winner of the 2005 Endeavor Award

There is something mysterious and terrifying about a young child, discovered and imprisoned by Port Force workers on the ocean planet of Virimund. Mother Isabel Burke, of the Priestly Order of Mary Magdalene, a medical anthropologist, is called to be the child’s guardian, but Isabel finds she must also be the girl’s protector against the powerful corporation trying to exploit her. Isabel leads the effort to discover who the child is, and how a young girl could be the only survivor of a colony assumed lost for more than three centuries.

Though Isabel has sworn never to see Dr. Simon Burke again, she needs him to help her solve the enigma of Oa of Virimund, and to try to thwart the powerful people who suspect that Oa’s small body holds the key to extended life.

Cover Art by Rosetta Greek

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, May 2004

Distributed by Fairwood Press
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Printed in the United States of America

eISBN: 978-1-62579-466-6
ISBN-13: 978-1-933846-52-1

Copyright 2004 by Louise Marley

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

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Electronic version by Baen Books
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