"My pilgrimage is just," hummed the Thorn-Bug. The insect began to dance, spinning the swirling mace with each curving step. As the rhythm grew, so too did each trembling swing. "The vendetta is strictly personal."
The planet Lexu was on the brink of war when they first received the message from space. It was sent from global cluster Solaria about 25,000 starlight cycles ago from a planet called Earth and since then Lexu has been forever changed.
When technology allows man’s inner nature to be holographicaly projected as animal features, humanity has divided between Predator and Prey. When the penal ship Proper is marooned on a distant planet, the galaxy’s most savage must work together.