After a seemingly random accident, Bette Donovan, piques the interest of the imposing Dept. of Propagation. Here she threads her way through the desperate measures a society will adopt in the name of self-preservation.

When a headstrong archaeologist is kidnapped to be put on display for an alien society, she must fight to prove she’s not a feral animal with the help of one native who sees her humanity--but what she sees in him may endanger them both.