View of a Remote Country — Karen Traviss

A second-rate doctor finds redemption among hostile aliens. A bereaved mother controls the life of a murderer. An ageing demon struggles to adjust to retirement, and Eurydice wants to set the record straight: she couldn't stand Orpheus. A collection of short science fiction and fantasy stories from the early career of bestselling author Karen Traviss, first published in magazines between 1999 and 2003.