The Korvali let no outsider visit their planet. They don’t allow their citizens to leave. So when a Korvali geneticist escapes and takes refuge among humans on a starship, the Alliance will never be the same.
And neither will he.
With the help of Dr. Catherine Finnegan, fellow scientist and the only person he trusts, Eshel will face many challenges: adjusting to life among those who don’t understand him, dangers he’s unprepared for, and, most of all, political barriers to conducting his prized work in genetic engineering. He’s a fish out of water, until he realizes he’s got a much bigger problem:
His people want him back. At any cost.