The Craft of Corruption

Master of disguise, disarray and disorder. Let loose on the universe, the Master is doing what he will to serve his own ends.

Encountering allies and enemies, he seals their fate with his whims. Some of those he meets are monsters, but is the Master still the greatest monster of them all?

2.1 The Craft of Corruption by Alison Winter
The Master is posing as ship's counsellor on an interstellar cruise liner: the fastest transport in a galaxy where lightspeed travel is outlawed by the overbearing Interstellar Protection Corps. All he needs to do is keep out of trouble until the ship crosses into a sector outside IPC jurisdiction. But trouble abhors a vacuum.

2.2 The Ideal Quarry by Jody Houser
To make his journey more interesting, the Master has decided to take on a travelling companion - disgraced Sontaran Vegg, who is keen to get home for his execution. But soon the Master and his escort are marooned on a world where they are not the only hunters. In fact, they are the quarry...

2.3 Reformation by Lisa McMullin
The Master is incarcerated in a reformation chamber where only his own moral conscience can free him. He's in big trouble.

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