The Observers Author:Damon Knight McNulty's Disease has escaped the Sea Venture and is now epidemic on land. The disease kills only a few of its victims...but no one knows what long-term effects it has on those who survive. — For the public's safety, the US Government sets up a giant internment camp on the old DV herself, and attempts to find as many survivors as possible to keep... more » safely onboard the ship. Fortunately, Julie Prescott has a most resourceful and clever husband (he used to be a high-priced hired killer) who doesn't want his wife locked up forever. So he sets himself up against the entire government bureaucracy - with remarkable results.« less