内容简介：
Randon Scott, a rash, self-reliant reporter in the Hive City of Cheyenne, has lived a solitary life, shunning all social entanglements. On the eve of Retirement, his last assignment takes a horrible turn, and in the frozen wastes of the Arctic tundra he is abducted. Not by aborigines, but by an alien race. Together with a young female warrior from the Martian Colonies, he is made the bait in an elaborate trap, the centerpiece of a diabolical scheme that pits one bizarre alien race against another. A helpless pawn, his life will now depend on the fighting skills of his partner and his willingness to follow her lead. Will the perils they face on strange worlds erode the deep emotional scars that have plagued him all his life? Will he die alone in the depths of Space or learn to trust, and even befriend, another human being?