All Corporal Jacy Lonigan wanted was to win the war against the alien invaders and go home to the family ranch. The half-Cherokee horse trainer was a thorn in the side of Ketchumal--leader of the "Uglies" who was determined to pin Lonigan's hide to the wall and then eat him. Transferred to the planet Papillion Lonigan found his Uncle Willy TwoFeather's ranch, lovely red-headed Shona Gates and their little alien pets facinating-but the Uglies followed them to Papillion where the final battle with the colonists could leave them lost among the stars-or dead.