Title: The Exile Waiting
First published: 1975
Description: The time is the distant future. Earth has been rendered uninhabitable by terrible storms during which its only city, Center, constructed around a natural cave system, is sealed from the outside. Mischa, a young thief whose capabilities are enhanced by hereditary mutation, is trying to escape with her drug addicted brother from the dominance of her uncle. When a starship arrives, commanded by the twin alien pseudosibs, Subone and Subtwo, Mischa seizes her chance. All goes well until Subone, in a moment of cruelty, lures Mischa's brother into a fight, killing him. Mischa exacts her revenge, but has to flee the wrath of the aliens and take refuge back in the deep caves underneath the city.
Subjects: Fiction in English, science fiction, Drug-addict, telepathy, aliens, science-fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, general
Places: America
LC classification: PZ4.M1526 Ex, PS3563.A3125 Ex