Two Way Destiny

An Earth-born trader and a woman from an advanced world collide on a dangerous alien planet, triggering an explosive confrontation with a primitive civilization and its sacred, lethal creature. Taro Hargon finds himself trapped between warring cultures when his relationship with Kallatah from Tragor provokes the wrath of Dracona's tribal inhabitants. Armed only with his understanding of human and alien psychology, he must navigate deadly superstitions and break ancient taboos to save them both. Long, a master of early science fiction, weaves a thrilling adventure that questions the nature of civilization itself. What separates the enlightened from the primitive? Is it technology, or something far more dangerous? This is science fiction at its thoughtful best: a ripping adventure that also asks what we truly owe to cultures we deem inferior, and whether understanding is ever truly separate from manipulation.