Everything under Control (Paperback)

Irene is called back to Venus to solve some mysterious problems: another mystery illness - this time affecting people she knew from her last term on Venus. What it is, they don't know - they can't identify any pathogen. But it causes extreme pain - and three out of four people to contract it committed suicide.

Book 5 of Moonchild Rising

Marti Ward is an award-winning writer, teacher, scientist and entrepreneur known for his serial startups and his interdisciplinary research.

Marti hasn't been into space yet, but has travelled extensively on this planet, living in half a dozen countries and speaking and reading a variety of languages with varying degrees of fluency. He hasn't yet built an AI as sophisticated as Al or Alice - but is working on it.