Kurt Morgan’s survival capsule brought him down safely on a nameless Earth-type world. He was the only one left of the battle crew that had just annihilated a human planet of the Hanan, the enemy in a galactic war.
The planet was inhabited by humanoids with a pre-technology civilization, a complex religion, and a long history of intricate internal relations. There was one other galactic battle survivor on that world-and she was an officer of the hated Hanan-and also the high priestess of the land in which Kurt had found refuge.
The novel that C. J. Cherryh has written on this premise will establish her role even more firmly as one of the major new talents in science fiction.