This book sold out in December 2010...There are now new copies available for 10.00 on Amazon.com...............On a recon mission to transgress the center of the galaxy 3 men from an earth colony find themselves stranded on an unknown world due to mechanical failure. They are captured by a primitive race, separated, and taken north into wilderness. Finally one of them escapes and the search for his friends begins. Nick will slowly mass a small army, and he will meet a female shadowrider. Yinna's help, and the power of her antlered shadowbeast Mook Mook, who she rides and controls using telepathic imaging, will prove invaluable in their quest for freedom. The men will find a planet teeming with wildlife, and come to realize that there is another presence on the world.... an intelligent race unlike anything ever encountered by earth exploration or colonization.