A soldier in wartime Vietnam is marked by the legendary dat-tay-vao, a mysterious touch said to heal or curse whoever wields it, and carries the gift's terrible cost home with him. This Stoker Award–finalist novelette lays the groundwork for the healing power at the center of Wilson's Adversary Cycle novel The Touch.
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- The Secret History of the World
- contained in A Little Beige Book of Non-Descript Storiescollection
- contained in Secret Stories: Tales from the Secret Historycollection
- contained in Soft and Others: 16 Stories of Wonder and Dreadcollection
- contained in The Compendium of F: Volume Onecollection