explorer / books · 1990
The Healer's War
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough’s only award entry in this dataset.
Published 1988 by Doubleday · 303 pages
Nebula · 1990
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Synopsis
Army nurse Kitty McCulley serves in Vietnam where she receives a mysterious amulet from a dying Vietnamese holy man that allows her to perceive the auras and life energies of those around her. When her hospital is overrun, she must flee into the jungle with a wounded child, using her newfound healing gift to survive in a war zone where magic and horror coexist.
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