Synopsis: "Strange worlds, stranger people ... In the clockwork society of tomorrow, everyone is Normal--by genetic design. Except Dante McCall. Dante is one of a kind, with unusual senses and attitudes that brand him a freak and a misfit wherever he goes. Until ... banished from Earth, a disaster in space strands him among a starfaring culture so bizarre they make Dante seem Normal. But has he found a home at last--or a trap he can never escape?" -- Cover.