The height of the war between star superpowers. A robot-android, Aiden, saves the daughter of his mortal enemy—the clever Samina—but unexpectedly he himself ends up captured. On a planet that has become a prison for the robot, people despise and fear someone like him. For them, machines are cruel and soulless—even if they look like humans too. Too much alike…
But the captive possesses invaluable medical knowledge, while his enemies have a terrifying epidemic. Samina will have to overcome her prejudices and fears to join forces with Aiden in the hope of his help. And Aiden will have to find out whether he is as inhuman as they think.
Their world will be filled with monsters and cyborgs, insect people, a poisonous forest and caves full of precious minerals. The heroes will fly to an anomalous world of wise plants, trade on a cosmic junk market, and hunt a predatory deer.
And love will run through the story as a bright thread— the kind of love for which people commit the greatest stupidity and perform the greatest feats.