As children, Kefira, the first child born of a human female and Miratan lion male, and Tad Barton, the human son of the World Federation's president, were the best of friends. Now though, held prisoner aboard a ship traveling between worlds, they must put aside their animosity and work together in order to overcome both their captors and their personal enmity. Their only chance of survival depends on a complete subjugation of will, sharing body and soul in the most intimate of links that will bare secrets Kefira and Tad have spent a lifetime hiding. In this final chapter of the StarQuest saga, will they uncover the ultimate betrayal, or a love with the power to bring worlds together?