Aleytys, wanderer of the skies, seeker of the home planet of her mother's super-race, wearer-slave of the mind-enhancing diadem, is down on Maeve, forest planet of tree-dwellers and semi-humans. Her aim to continue her quest, to shake her persuers...It's an action-packed adventure filled with conflict and conspiracy, guerrilla warfare between the tree-folk and the technology of the Company, and a face-to-face confrontation with the implacable spider-beings from whom the diadem was stolen.