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A collision of worlds... Labeled a misfit by his own kind and a dangerous "dark outworlder" by others, the rebel Rayn DeStar has found a home in the wasteland of Exodus as leader of a band of nomads. In Exodus no one knows or cares that he's a dens and an outlaw telepath. But Rayn's peaceful anonymity comes to an abrupt end when the murder of eight miners brings interplanetary investigators to the desert. Rayn has little interest in the murders--but a great deal of interest in the female telepath providence has sent his way. Her strength awakens in him the lust for power and dominance he's fought against his entire life. Rookie agent Dina Marlijn arrives on Exodus, thrilled to be on her first outworld homicide case, but she carries as many secrets as she hopes to unravel. She's a telepath, a fact she hides from everyone but her partner, for her abilities are close to those of the Dark Star dens, a race so hated they're banned from Synergy Worlds. But there's one secret Dina keeps even from her partner--no one hates the dens more than she does. When her prime suspect, a dens calling himself Rayn DeStar, saves her life, Dina pursues him for answers. Utilizing her investigative and telepathic skills, she believes she can manipulate Rayn into helping her. But when their telepathic "bond" leads her down a path of both physical and mental seduction, she's unprepared for the consequences. Trapped in a web of desire, mistrust, and betrayal, Dina crosses battlelines she never even knew existed. Time is running out for Dina and Rayn, and the choices they must make will mean life or death for themselves and the world around them... From the acclaimed author of Double Image, Afterimage and ImmortalImage.