After the death of her father, Juilan Pranss lands employment that takes her off planet-for the first time. She immediately begins having strange dreams and thoughts that continue, even after Joddrie Ferstan kidnaps her. Joddrie, a soldier of fortune with grandiose plans, takes her to a planet that is being colonized by her known world, where the Ceitwans-the humans of this distant planet-have existed for more than a millennium. They along with the...