Hostage! What was that flying creature that snatched Shania as she ran across the darkness of the cave to the cliff of green flowering things?Would she survive the wound from its claw that spread poison through her body? Could she escape from such foul-smelling, weird-sounding humanoids to get back to her lover and her people? But wait! Why are they taking her to the Ruling Council of the Galactic Federation? How did she...