This stint as a medical samaritan doesn't last, as Koscuisko's abilities as a torturer are again called on when the first lieutenant is murdered. He extends this assignment to a general raid on the government's medical supplies to aid the slave population. His medical ability is needed on the planet Burkhayden to save a Nurail slave who has been brutally raped by the ship's first lieutenant. The opposite side to Koscuisko's talent for torture is his job as chief medical officer. He stays on board the starship Ragnarok to protect the Nurail slaves from his cruel Captain, while submitting himself to the Captain's games and exploitation. In "Hour of Judgment'' (Avon, $5.99), she brilliantly uses science fiction's freedom of creation to make a world in which she can explore deep moral conflicts.Īndrej Koscuisko is a tortured torturer. Matthews transforms this battered idea into a platform for something far more interesting than space war stories. 24 - Far future military empires based on royalty and slaves are more often than not quite silly, but Susan R. Military empire good scene for moral conflict
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