Publisher's Synopsis
"One of the many charms of planet Lyndir is the Between-World, home to the licensed entertainers of the Sa'adani Empire. The most famous of these is the seductive Kes, a professional dominatrix who is the crowning gem of the palatial house Tryst. When a high-powered imperial authority decides that the crime-cartel boss Janus, one of Kes's most devoted clients, needs to be taken out, Kes becomes their unwilling tool: she's imprisoned and turned into a brutal weapon by the highly experimental Splintergrate cloning technology... It will take an enormous triumph of will, and help from some unlikely avenues,. for Kes to survive..."--Dust jacket flap.
