Continuing the enthralling adventures of the Unicorn Girl; Although she has come to terms with her Linyaari heritage, Acorna knows that only by returning to the frozen stillness of space will she ever truly feel at home. But the solitude she desires must wait. Answering a faint distress call leads Acoma into a strange, intoxicatingly perfumed world of intelligent and sentient plants. There she finds a burned-out space ship showing all the signs of a Khleevi attack. And suddenly, the two races to which Acorna is culturally, emotionally and genetically tied are in grave peril...