Scuzzworms

by Ella Mack

Maladaptation. This whole planet is a glorious example of maladaptation. No floods, no holocausts, just unchanging climate and benevolent conditions. The entire ecology down there is as fragile as a butterfly’s wings. Becoming an exobiologist wasn’t meant to be easy. Watching alien creatures squirming about in alien muck from the safe side of a video screen can become tedious after awhile, that is, unless you’ve got no place else to go. Then it becomes your life’s work, even if the scenery does get a bit, um, disgusting at times. Imelda isn’t your average exobiologist, however, and Iago IV isn’t your average planet. Iago IV has never heard of Darwin. Join this futuristic expedition to a world that is never quite what anyone expects.

300 pages, Paperback

First published February 2, 2004