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This World Is Taboo

By: Murray Leinster
Narrated by: Victor Bevine
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Iconic sci-fi writer Murray Leinster is generally credited with being the first to concoct the ideas of parallel universes, computers, the Internet, and universal translators in his fiction. In This World Is Taboo, part of Leinster's Med Service series, the author is again ahead of his time.

Trained actor Victor Bevine performs this audiobook about the intergalactic adventures of Calhoun. Bevine is a perennial audio fan favorite, due in part to his exceptional command of pacing in action scenes. He was recently chosen (by fans and author R. A. Salvatore) to perform roughly 600 hours (28 books) of the Dungeons and Dragons series.

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There's an emergency on Dara and Calhoun, an Interstellar Medical Serviceman, feels duty-bound to respond. But Dara is under quarantine. And if Calhoun goes there, he'll be targeted as a plague-carrier - who can be shot on sight. Will Calhoun risk everything for a planet that's taboo?

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