Prince Talon Thesalonia lives on the planet Tyrinni, and he has one desire, to find a slave planet. A planet with abundant resources that his planet can raid and plunder.
The time is 70,000 years ago and his planet is thriving, cities built of steel, tall buildings, driving hover cars, and for fun a good concert, ball game, or movie is what he is after, and making love.
Then one day they find it, a little blue planet in a distant galaxy with all the riches they need, but first they must get there. Another kingdom wants the blue planet and will do anything to get it. Sending sixteen year old Talon on a quest that he is unprepared for, but in the process finds everything he desires.
Kaima lives on Kumi, a place her people believe was created by the gods. The Nuba People have lived here for thousands of years in harmony with the richness of life, hunting gazelle, zebrids, and the long toothed cat they call the anbesa. She is the sister of the chief and is to be wed this Keremti, but a stranger who walked across the Land of Unknown Spirits is here, asking for her hand, asking her to love him, a thing she does not understand.
His name is Talon and he is not of her people.
Who is he? Why did he come, and what is this feeling he speaks of, called love?