Bout on Cancer. Super Great Challenge Stories, #35

An interplanetary mission goes awry in this story by the author of the Moreau Society series. Given a mission to a planet called Cancer? Pilson Houwan prides himself on being a tough negotiator for his employers, Silcox Industries. But Cancer? A world untouched by the progress of the past ten thousand years. A primitive planet with a barely functioning civilization. No portal technology, matter-energy conversion, or any real bio-engineering.
Yet it did possess rare minerals prized by his employers-and their competitors. A chance at great success, or an even worse failure. Ryan M. Williams' Bout on Cancer, is part of the Super Great Challenge (SGC), one story written each week for a year from this imaginative author. Each story an unique experience that can be read in a single entertaining sitting.