Infants in the Martian outpost of Basin have been plagued with birth defects for years—until recently. Corporate has dispatched Siwela and her team to find out why. What she learns will have profound implications for her job—and for who she wants to be.
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A previous version of An Illicit Mercy was originally published in Boundary Shock Quarterly 12: Lawmen & Crime Fighters, 2020.