Synopsis: Galaxy's end ... wasn't far enough away, not when the Allegiancy holds you responsible for its Emperor's death. So when their starship Truth crash-landed on a seemingly inhospitable planet, Jindigar the Dushau and his human friend Krinata knew that they and their crew must find a place to hide before the Allegiancy Squadron pursuing them discovered their trail again. Stranded in a land swarming with creatures that saw them as enemy or prey, only the power of a Dushau/human mind meld could show them the path to safety. But the last time Krinata and Jindigar's Dushau team had linked minds, they had generated only death and madness. Did those who had survived dare risk linking yet again? (from the back cover of the first edition)