Description: Set in a solar system settled by 11 extraterrestrial races, this tale revolves around a mysterious alien named Ripi, a fugitive from his own people, who is being kept under "house arrest" on Venus. Various governmental and private factions want access to him and the technological secrets he holds. Among these enterprising searchers are the mercenary scientist Soph, fleeing a failed marriage and her son's death, and the skryer Ambryn, a con woman whose last scheme almost proved fatal. Flung together by chance, the two women embark on an interplanetary odyssey in pursuit of Ripi, in this novel of future science, intrigue, and surprising moments of beauty.

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