Neurosurgeon Moraiya finds herself in Hell—a sinister planet where criminals serve out their sentences. But she finds the strength to adapt and survive in abandoned mines: she treats colonists and even people like herself who have been accidentally thrown onto an unfriendly planet. When fate presents Moraiya with a new challenge, she is captured by a mysterious race of humanoid reptiles. Are the snake people as dangerous as they seem at first glance? Will captivity become a new trap—or something alluring and desired? A romantic fantasy in which neurosurgeon Moraiya saves herself on a deadly planet and finds love that she had only just considered forbidden.