For the planet Neob and its oldest and perhaps first inhabitant the Taro Menor the world is harmonious with all conflicts between species handled and pacified. That is until the arrival of a strange and threatening creature whose ship holds a cargo of unfortunates - humans.It is inevitable that the newcomer Thylin, an Adenetian, and the Taro Menor will cross paths. What is not inevitable is the outcome. Victoria Wilchcombe creates conflict on an alien world that perhaps might only be concluded by the weakest of the three species - but what has Thylin been doing to the humans, and how will that affect their future?