2014 9aade4a2-cab8-4269-8bc3-a9d37f95a767 A Miracle of Rare Design Mike Resnick calibre (2.46.0) [http://calibre-ebook.com] 1994-12-02T00:00:00+00:00 <p>The 12,000-world Republic of Man sends successful author and notorious thrillseeker Xavier William Lennox to an alien planet on an undercover mission. Disguised as one of the xenophobic natives, Lennox attempts to persuade their leader to grant mining rights to the valuable minerals that lay buried in their vast deserts. When Lennox is rescued ... tortured and barely alive ... the Republic offers him another chance at the job, but with a new body surgically altered to exactly match the hideous natives.<br /></p> Tor http://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?904 eng Travel Essays & Travelogues Fiction Science Fiction Science Fiction/Fantasy General Travel Writing - Fiction Adventure Stories Travel writing _isfdb Nomination of 1994 HOMer Award for Novel Novel