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The cover of Special Relativity in Space by Alexandria Blaelock shows a space ship picking a person up in a tractor beam.

Travelling can be detrimental to your health…

Humans have spread across the universe. Super-sized cargo ships ply the space lanes.

On board, Space Mariner third class Kumahl Levi detects a biohazard. A human female to be precise.

Morag Clementine is grateful to be quarantined and not spaced as a separatist.

But can Kumahl get her safely back home?

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