The Judas Valley
An interstellar exploration team investigates a suspected deposit of rare double-nucleus beryllium on a hot, rocky planet after a scout ship returns with most of its landing party inexplicably dead. Two survivors report bodies scattered across a quiet valley, prompting the service to assign experienced officers Peter Wayne and Sherri James to a full survey. Their mission becomes a tense mystery of survival and investigation as they confront an unseen hazard, manage secrecy and economic stakes, and attempt to determine what causes explorers to collapse and rot in an otherwise peaceful landscape.
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An interstellar exploration team investigates a suspected deposit of rare double-nucleus beryllium on a hot, rocky planet after a scout ship returns with most of its landing party inexplicably dead. Two survivors report bodies scattered across a quiet valley, prompting the service to assign experienced officers Peter Wayne and Sherri James to a full survey. Their mission becomes a tense mystery of survival and investigation as they confront an unseen hazard, manage secrecy and economic stakes, and attempt to determine what causes explorers to collapse and rot in an otherwise peaceful landscape.
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