Dr. Melean Tass is a botanist working for the Gal Zinge corporation. In the core worlds she worked to identify plant specimens with medicinal value for the corporate giant’s pharmaceutical division. As well as assist in the conservation and re-population of rares species among the heavily developed core worlds.

When Gal Zinge offered her reassignment as an environmental consultant at a mining operation on the planet of Sakora, Melean jumped at the chance. She was eager to travel to the Outer Rim and discover new species. But when the young botanist reached Sakora, she learned Gal Zinge had different plans in store for the uninhabited planet. And that was only one of the secrets the corporation had been keeping from her.