In their blood lies the key to freedom—or the chains that bind them

Arriving on Femme, Daeson and Synjan find themselves at the mercy of an advanced civilisation that reveres Healers and oppresses men. They are greeted by Intuits who can pluck thoughts out of their heads.

Meanwhile, the Authorities have already risked one of their most powerful assets, banking everything on a man who believes he has nothing to lose.