Required to Assist
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But the ship only wakes the assistant when a problem arises that stumps the ship's AI and android crew. All of her training focused on matters well within the ship's capabilities. What could possibly require waking her?
Just one thing: murder. And the murderer left no clues. Lorna's training fell short of covering the solving of locked room mysteries. But the longer she takes to solve it, the more people will die.
"Required to Assist", a science fiction murder mystery novelette set in an isolated generation ship lightyears from any safe harbor.
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Kate MacLeod has written stories which have appeared inΒ Analog,Β Strange HorizonsΒ andΒ Mythic Delirium, among other places. She is also the author of two young adult science fictions series:Β The Travels of Scout Shannon, andΒ The Ritchie and Fitz Sci-Fi Murder Mysteries. She also contributes to a serialized science fiction podcast calledΒ The Tales of the Chai Makhani Trio. She currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. You can learn more about her work at KateMacLeodWrites.com.
