When a rescue mission goes disastrously wrong.....Lieutenant Dina Dyer and her team find themselves held captive on an alien planet-the prisoners of an unstoppable power they never could have imagined possible: a race of sentient cats that keeps people as pets, slaves, and as prey for the hunt. In a world where every friend can become an enemy and nothing is as it seems, Dina must find the courage to escape before time runs out.Caught in a toxic cocktail of attraction, politics, intrigue, and danger, her journey to freedom navigates the depths of human darkness where destinies collide and survival is the only reward worth fighting for. With the fate of millions hanging in the balance and betrayal surrounding her at every turn, can one woman become the firebrand that brings an entire planet out of shadows and into the light of freedom?