The Child Goddess is a novel set in the same universe as The Terrorists of Irustan, with the reappearance of the enigmatic Jin-Li as a helper to Mother Isabel Burke, a Roman Catholic priest. Isabel, a medical anthropologist, is sent to the world of Virimund to investigate the history of a young child who doesn't age. The child, Oa, becomes both her ward and her guide to a strange world where a virus has created a group of ancient children. Isabel fights to protect Oa and the other children from a greedy Earth corporation eager to exploit them.
The Child Goddess is a novel set in the same universe as The Terrorists of Irustan, with the reappearance of the enigmatic Jin-Li as a helper to Mother Isabel Burke, a Roman Catholic priest. Isabel, a medical anthropologist, is sent to the world of Virimund to investigate the history of a young child who doesn't age. The child, Oa, becomes both her ward and her guide to a strange world where a virus has created a group of ancient children. Isabel fights to protect Oa and the other children from a greedy Earth corporation eager to exploit them.