MEET PRANDRA AND KHRENG... They eat for the same bowl, could and preen—then travel across Time, down through Space, to the most bizarre and dangerous worlds in the Galactic Federation. Even to Solthree, where they are met with some alarm... A starcat and rabbi tale, with dragons

All is not well on Qsaprinel. The normally peaceful world, ruled by crustacean-like creatures blessed with a dry wit and the philosophical good sense of a Mahatma Gandhi, has suddenly turned up "Classified" on all Federation records. Duncan Kinnear isn't an important Federation investigator—but then Qsaprinel isn't an important planet. Besides, Kinnear has a modest record of success in odd jobs where even the problem is unclear, to say nothing of the solution. And. he has some unlikely allies: the big red cats called Ungrukh—dangerous, telepathic. and fiercely loyal to their friends. Kinnear saved their world; they will help him save this one—even though the natives do look more like crayfish than one normally expects of a race of philosophers, and are not good to eat. With the help of a psychic reader of Tarot cards and a chilling rumor about mutant humans (not inclined even slightly toward philosophy) on Qsaprinel, Kinnear and company are on their way.

Two only star cats, far from home, looking for adventure.