Synopsis: There was something strange about the Ann Bonny's mission to the unexplored world called Chameleon. Though only women were judged fit for space, Earth's Central Computer had for same reason placed a man among them - an artist who was not docile like other men. For Language Specialist Gia Kennedy, the answer lay in the baffling rituals of the planet's primitive natives - an answer that hovered just out of reach. There, inh the heart of an alien wilderness, Gia would defy her culture and discover an ancient truth. (from the back cover of the Bantam Books first edition)