Plague of Change Author:L. Warren Douglas Beyond the antimatter barrier known as the Reef, the far-flung human colonies were dying out. Trade was decreasing, plagues ran rampant, societies had degenerated into mobs, and few ships were safe from raiders. — Studying the decline of the transReef colonies and their chances for survival, computer prodigy Bass Cannon found that hope lay in onl... more »y one direction: toward an alien world called Phastillan. The planet was home to a colony of psatla -- beings who communicated with pheromones, recalled their ancestors' memories, and could manipulate the genes of any species. Humans despised psatla, and few would work for them -- but Bass was curious. When the psatla offered him a job as their computer expert, he accepted.
Bass set out to learn Phastillan's importance to humanity -- but he was not prepared for the psatla's violent effects on human biochemistry. Nor did he realize that his experience would make him a radical, a visionary . . . and the savior of his species.« less