

But Stephanie's find, and her first-of-its-kind bond with a treecat, brings on a new torrent of danger. Not only are they fully sentient, they are also telepathic, and able to bond with certain gifted humans such as the genetically-enhanced Stephanie.

Treecats are creatures that resemble a cross between a bobcat and a lemur (but with six legs and much more deadly claws). Yet Stephanie is a young woman determined to make discoveries - and the biggest discovery of all awaits her: an intelligent alien species. Stephanie Harrington absolutely hates being confined inside her family's compound on the pioneer planet of Sphinx, a frontier wilderness world populated by dangerous native animals that could easily tear a human to bits and pieces.
