Independent trader Trilby Elliot is making some not-quite-legal modifications to her starfreighter, when an unexpected visitor falls out of space. Literally. Hes crashed onto the uninhabited planet of Avanar in a crippled Sko fighterthe last place youd expect to find a Zafharin military officer because the Sko and the Zafharin have been at war as long as Trilby can remember. Rhis Vanur is your typically arrogant Zafharin. But to Trilbys surprise, he doesnt look down on her or her slapdash ship. Still, Trilbys learned the hard way that even though she found Rhis, she cant keep him. Shes just a low-budget jump jockey as far as men like him are concerned. Shes not falling for his offer to helpuntil Port Rumor reports her best friend missing and Trilby learns that the Sko are hunting both her and Rhis. Now theyre in it together for better, for worseor till death blasts them to oblivion....From the Paperback edition.