That plays a lot better in the international market. Don't join a cult that is centered around something like UFOs or dental hygiene. This probably says more about me than about his writing, but his Dragaeran novels leave me cold. Well, for starters, it's only about two hundred pages long. For another, he uses words carefully.
Many authors seem to use words like a blunt instrument, the more the better.
Brust uses them like a rapier. This is, of course, a very minor quibble. So bravo to Brust for writing this, and bravo to Tor for re- publishing it after its rather brief initial appearance in 1987. The plan is that they will be revived when science has progressed enough to resurrect and cure her. However, Drake finds himself revived ahead of time to solve first one problem, then another that only he can solve, while science still has not found a cure.