Dark Water's Embrace

In the tradition of Ursula K. Le Guin comes a startling and thought-provoking novel of gender, society--and survival. A century since a small group of humans was marooned on a distant planet. Now their descendants struggle with rising infertility, infant mortality, and mysterious birth defects for which no cause--or cure--can be found. Then comes a startling revelation: the preserved corpse of a member of the planet's long extinct native race bearas deformities nearly identical to those of Anais, the settlement's doctor. Anais must discover the link between the mysteries of the planet's past and the plight of the present-day humans, before she is exiled forever--thwarting her society's last chance for survival.