"Killashandra listened as the words dropped with leaden fatality into her frozen belly." Chapter 1, pg. 6

"Killashandra was halfway to the spaceport before she consciously decided that that was where she ought to go—'ought' this time not in the obligatory but in an investigative sense." Chapter 2, pg. 12

"Conversely, she had been tremendously impressed by the Guild's tacit power: high-rank medicorps men had awaited Carrik at the three intermediary ports. She herself had been accorded the most deferential treatment." Chapter 3, pg. 34

"Ten days, was it? Killashandra thought. Who would be first? She looked about her, shrugged, and forced her mind to follow Tukolom's words." Chapter 5, pg. 122

"Glancing back over her shoulder, she saw that every head was turned in his direction. Once again, she had made a major exit without an audience." Chapter 5, pg. 129

"Killashandra also managed to extract from data retrieval the fact that injured Singers like...