further the islanders' plans by having Lars return her to the mainland and present himself as her rescuer. She will locate and sabotage the organ's hidden subliminal projector under the guise of repairing the organ, then report the human rights violations to the Federation. The plan succeeds and the subliminals are disabled, but Lars is now under suspicion of the government. To protect him from reprisal, Killashandra and a fellow Singer smuggle him off the planet under the guise of arresting him for Killashandra's kidnapping. At an automated trial, Killashandra speaks in Lars' defense, but when stress monitors misread her concern for him as fear, the computerized judge believes he has threatened her and finds him guilty. Killashandra returns to Ballybran despondent, certain she will never see Lars again. However, the influential Heptite Guild appeals on Lars's behalf. He receives a new trial, is cleared, and secretly applies to the Guild as a Singer. His transition succeeds, and the lovers reunite. Library of Congress Classification PS3563.A255 K48 1985 Crystal Line In the centuries after the events of the previous book, Killashandra and Lars have worked the Crystal Ranges together. Killashandra begins to succumb to the memory loss associated with singing Crystal, leaving her dangerously paranoid and careless. Lars tries to tempt her away from the Ranges in hopes that time away from Ballybran will forestall the inevitable, but Killashandra holds out for one good cutting to pay off their considerable debts, risking their lives in the process. Finally Guildmaster Lanzecki gives Lars and Killashandra an off-planet assignment to investigate a recently discovered entity: a giant liquid crystalline mass termed "Jewel Junk." Since Crystal facilitates communication, Killashandra feeds the Junk a few shards of Crystal, which causes it to respond. Killashandra concludes the Junk is sentient and trying to communicate. Returning to Ballybran early, Killashandra finds Lanzecki, her former lover, has gone into the Ranges during a fierce sonic storm that kills him, leaving Lars the new Guildmaster. Killashandra suspects Lanzecki had grown tired of his long life and, sensing his memory fading, chose to commit suicide. His death leaves Killashandra bitter, alienating her from Lars, which in turn accelerates her memory loss as she loses her connection to the life they shared. As the new Guildmaster, Lars discovers that the Guild's operating model has left it with a massive backlog, with much of the Guild's profits going to support the