The human was an expert sniper-and a psychopath. He had never failed in
the past when he stalked human prey. But now he is on an enemy planet,
and his prey is anything but human.
The Darhel are a race with a highly developed empathic sense. Long ago,
they learned that they cannot deal death to another intelligent being
without being destroyed by the death agonies of their victim. Even
though they have been manipulating other species behind the scenes for
millennia, including the humans of planet Earth, they cannot bear to
kill another being, and depend on other, less sensitive beings, to do
their dirty work.
But now one of the Darhel must kill or be killed. And the fate, not only
of his own race, but all of humanity, is riding on his survival. The
course of the next thousand years will be determined by whether or not
he can learn to fight back. If he cannot, it will be too late...for the
entire galaxy.