Book II of Star Hounds. IN the empty depths between the stars, man has finally met his match - the cold, cruel Jaxdron, an evil empire bent on destruction. Laura Shemzak, a rebellious and beautiful spy in the way against the aliens, has joined a crew of interstellar outlaws on the rogue ship Starbow. Laura's assignment: pilot the XT Mark Nine 'blip-ship' the Starbow crew intends to steal. Her secret mission: rescue her physicist brother from the Jaxdron. But the secret even Laura doesn't now is that she's been programmed to kill the very man she hopes to save. Cover art by John Harris.