Mavra Chang was once a expert criminal, notorious throughoutthe galaxy. But for eleven long years she’s been trapped inside a non-human bodyon the Well World-the expert control planet for the universe, where untold numbersof unusual races exist, separated by barriers erected by the mysterious,vanished race that built the Well World billions of years ago.

Orbiting the planet can be a planetoid concealing Obie, asupercomputer that could regain Mavra Chang to her original form-if shecan reach it. However, the just spaceship on the planet is hidden in thenorthern hemisphere, a place no living creature can survive. She soonlearns that her enemies are plotting to eliminate her, steal the dispatch, andescape from your Well World. But many others possess prepared her demise before, andMavra Chang is still alive and well-which can be more than can be said of those whoonce wished her sick.