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Desperate to discover a cure for the cyclical 48-year-fever, known as Trailmen’s fever, Dr. Randall Forth persuades a colleague, Dr. Jay Allison, to undergo hypnosis. He calls forth a secondary personality, Jason Allison, is gregarious and an experienced mountain climber, while Dr. Jay Allison is a cold, clinical man with no outdoor skills. Jason is asked to lead an expedition into the Hellers to collect medical volunteers from among the Trailmen. Accompanying him are Rafe Scott, Regis Hastur, Kyla Raineach, a Renunciate guide, and several others. During the trip, Jay/Jason yo-yos between his two personalities – one warm and charming, the other distant and clinical. Jason, the warm personality, falls in love with Kyla. They are attacked on the trail by a party of hostile Trailwomen. As a result of the attack, the Jay personality reappears, and is considerably more formal than the Jason personality. When they reach the Trailmen nest where Jay/Jason lived as a child, he is recognized. The party is invited into the Trailmen’s tree habitat. The Old Ones of the Sky People (Trailmen) inquire why Jay/Jason has brought an armed party of humans to their nest. Jay/Jason explains his mission, to find a remedy for 48-year-fever. He introduces Regis Hastur to the Old Ones, and Regis also pleads for the Sky People’s assistance. One hundred Trailmen volunteer. The party, with volunteers, returns to the Terran Trade City. Some months later, a serum is developed for the treatment of 48-year-fever. Regis Hastur arrives to congratulate Jay/Jason Allison. The exposure to Regis reminds Jay/Jason of the expedition, and causes Jay/Jason to merge into a third, more stable personality. -wikipedia

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Marion Zimmer Bradley was a popular fantasy and science fiction novelist, best known for her novel The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series. The Planet Savers follows the story of a party on the planet Darkover who go on a mission to find a cure for the cyclical 48 year fever. The action in the novel takes place 152 years after the events in Redescovery where Earth tried to reestablish contact with the distant colony on Darkover. The people on Darkover are desperate to find a cure for the 48 year fever which is also called Trailmen’s fever. Doctor Randall Forth, a psychiatrist, finds help in Dr. Jay Allison, a colleague who has a cold, calculated and clinical personality with no outdoor skills. Forth manages to calls forth another personality of Allison through hypnosis. Thus Jason Allison is born. He is warm, friendly and also an accomplished climber. Jason is to be send on an expedition to the Trailmen’s nest, where he is supposed to lead several scientists and outdoorsman in an attempt to collect medical volunteers from the ranks of the Trailmen which could help the Terran Darkover scientists to develop a cure for the fever. Jasos leaves accompanied by Regis Hastur, who is the grandson of Darkover, Kyla Raineach, a back country guide, Buck Kendricks, a spaceforce man as well as the half Terran half Darkovan Rafe Scott. The party is attacked by Trailmen, Jason/Jay change personalities many times, and the final destination is eventually reached. Once in the Trailmen’s nest, the party has to convince several Trailmen to follow them back to civilization. The Planet Savers is an adrenaline-filled science fiction novel which will keep readers on the edge of their seats. The novel is filled with perilous adventures and colorful characters in the amazing universe of the Darkover series.

In 'The Planet Savers' Marion Zimmer Bradley introduced the world to her amazing Darkover series. A disease threatens all of Darkover and the only man that can save Darkover has a multiple personality disorder. He is two distinct men, but two men who hate one another and vie for possession of their one body. But to save Darkover they must work together.

Marion Zimmer Bradley wrote some of the finest science fiction in print. In this story, Dr Jay Allison has a split personality. One side is a cool, emotionless parasitoligist; the other is a free-spirited adventurer. The latter has been held firmly in control by the former for many years, but now it needs to be called forth to save the Terran colony on the planet Darkover. A plague of Trailmen's Fever threatens to wipe out every Terran on the planet. The free-spirited part of Dr. Allison is needed to lead a party deep into Trailmen's territory to beg their assistance, but then the parasitologist's knowledge is needed to create the cure. Will the experiment to separate and then rejoin the personalities succeed? And will it be in time for the colony to survive?