Life Signs: Firefly [Paperback]

Serenity races against time to save Inara's life in this fifth original Firefly novel tie-in.

Book 5 of this thrilling novelization series of the critically acclaimed and much-missed space Western franchise from creator Joss Whedon.

A deadly disease
Months after Inara leaves Serenity, Mal and the crew finally learn the reason for her sudden departure: she is dying of a terminal illness. It is Kiehl's Myeloma, a form of cancer that's supposedly incurable, and Inara has very little time left.

A disreputable scientist
Through their shock and despair, rumors of a cure reach the crew. Expert Esau Weng is said to have developed a means to treat Inara's condition, but he has been disgraced and incarcerated for life on a notorious Alliance prison planet.


An infamous prison
On the planet of Atata, inmates are abandoned with no guards and left to survive as best they can. What's more, terraforming the planet did not take properly, so the world is a frozen wasteland. To save Inara, the Serenity crew must infiltrate the prison...PRAISE FOR THE SERIES
 
The entire novel feels like it could be a lost episode from the show. – The Verge
 
[Big Damn Hero is] Season Two. Episode One. - Birth.Movies.Death
 
Illuminates not only a huge chunk of Mal's past but also showcases a perfectly plausible chapter in the adventures of the Serenity's crew. - The Frumious Consortium
 
Fans who know the 'verse well...will feel right at home in this story that spans the era before the series, with callbacks to events in the series, and right afterwardlã1