Project Gutenberg 2023-03-13 Public domain in the USA. 117 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. Van Dongen, H. R. 1920 2010 Van Dongen, Henry Richard Dongen, H. R. Van Dongen, van Med Service $aUnited States :$bStreet & Smith Publications, Inc., $c1957. Med Service Also published as: The mutant weapon. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Med Service" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. It follows the story of Calhoun, a Med Ship pilot on a routine health inspection mission to the colony planet Maris III, who encounters a mysterious and deadly plague that has decimated the local population. Accompanied by his peculiar companion Murgatroyd, Calhoun must navigate an unexpected and perilous situation as local inhabitants exhibit strange behaviors and dangerous attacks that suggest deeper intrigues at play. At the start of the narrative, Calhoun and Murgatroyd are approaching Maris III when they experience an alarming incident caused by the planet’s landing grid, which violently attempts to destroy their ship. Upon landing, they discover a seemingly deserted city and a corpse with unanswered questions regarding its death. As Calhoun investigates further, it becomes clear that a recent plague is at the heart of the local mystery. The opening portion of the novel sets a tense atmosphere, blending elements of space adventure with medical science, as Calhoun prepares to uncover the truth behind the plague and the hostile actions of those in the city. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20221202101454leinster 1957 US Reading ease score: 76.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Physicians -- Fiction Adventure stories Space colonies -- Fiction Space medicine -- Fiction Epidemics -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 160216 2025-06-28T03:44:48.810242 text/html 159136 2023-05-09T16:43:02 text/html 907621 2025-06-28T03:44:52.875184 application/epub+zip 910360 2025-06-28T03:44:50.301268 application/epub+zip 278611 2025-06-28T03:44:49.374193 application/epub+zip 1805056 2025-06-28T03:44:54.758171 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1795536 2025-06-28T03:44:52.275221 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 150419 2025-06-28T03:44:48.504214 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 150130 2023-05-09T16:42:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20098 2025-06-28T03:44:54.893156 application/rdf+xml 27189 2025-06-28T03:44:49.767235 image/jpeg 4361 2025-06-28T03:44:49.572172 image/jpeg 54166 2023-05-09T16:42:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 2779988 2023-05-09T16:43:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 2784481 2025-06-28T03:44:48.857236 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia