Publisher's Synopsis
Scientist Victor Markus is from Homeworld -the capital planet in a small cluster of colonized planets and moons inhabited by a technologically advanced society of humanoids. Homeworld is a busy, unfriendly, cold, calculating and unforgiving place.To continue his research without distraction, Victor joins the colonization effort on the moon of a paradise-like planet. An unforeseen event leaves him stranded on this world inhabited by seemingly primitive natives. As he forms an unlikely friendship with one of the natives and witnesses the daily life of the villagers, he begins to wonder: "Are my people friends or enemies of these natives?"He is forbidden to tell the natives what is happening on the moon above. Caught between two very different worlds, Victor must make a decision. This decision changes his life and all that he ever thought would be. He realizes he is not merely a passive friend, nor an enemy to these people, but something more...
