Our wandering space crew lands on Damphir IV, a planet
inhabited by vampires, safe haven for both their
undeclared passenger and their damaged ship. Ferda shares
a passionate reunion with Julius Roma, her first vampire
lover -- now commandant of the colony -- while Adlet finds
trouble among several thousand amorous vampires.
When the colony’s best cryonics scientists succeed in
resuscitating their unregistered “cargo,” she awakens with
no memory other than a name -- Gelda. Adlet in tow, Drake,
Rand, and Ferda set course for Hera and a long talk with
their last customer about Gelda’s origins. Extracting such
dangerous information out of a weasel like Zadde might be
more than an ordinary crew would attempt -- but this isn’t
an ordinary crew.