Troy Horan leaped at the chance to work in a shop in an upscale neighborhood, offering exotic creatures from other worlds to the wealthy. He thought his luck had changed-until his employer was murdered, and Troy had to hide in the mysterious ruins left by a vanished alien race; ruins which explorers had entered, and vanished. . . .

Nik Kolherne had a face so hideously scarred that he wore a mask to cover it. Then he was recruited by a mysterious figure who offered Nik a new face-if, in return Nik would make a young heir think he was someone else. Now he was the only hope of the young heir's survival-if they could survive on a planet veiled in eternal night and swarming with deadly predators. . . .