Plunge into the world of Eridan! Science fiction codes and settings serve as background to Hybrids, a four-volume novel aimed at general readers as well as speculative fiction fans. Theo learned to respect orgacomps with her dad, who told her about Washone, a powerful shaman living in Eridan, a planet covered by an ocean as vast as the deserts in her homeland. Forced to leave after her father betrayed her, Theo finds refuge in Eridan. But her father forgot to mention Eridanis' strange telepathic powers. And Theo didn't know she possessed any mental power herself until the day her anger and resentment broke loose … Trouble, volume one of Hybrids. After fleeing Gambling Nova, her home planet, rebellious and sensitive Theo Maddiogga finds refuge on Eridan. She is determined to find her place on this water-covered planet, where the inhabitants are telepaths and live in symbiosis with the ocean. There is Ashta and the Savalwomen, a group of female warriors; Declan the charismatic Master Face Changer, alternately male and female; Nand the teenager who understands whales; and Keith of Rain Forest who wants to become a spiritual leader. And then there is Mocean, the living ocean that regulates life on Eridan. But, unaware of her own mental powers, Theo triggers a chain of events that disrupts Eridan's troubled political climate and distresses Mocean. On Earth Metropolis, Jack Finch and Farren Megan, two Space Secret Services agents, investigate Eridan and Gambling Nova. When Farren discovers that their boss, the Spylady, is plotting to overthrow the federal government, he inadvertently sets into motion a trap that puts both his life and Jack's in mortal danger.