Far in the distant future, the human race has spread out among the cosmos, meeting (and bedding) as many alien species as there are stars in the milky way, making way for an unprecedented era of peace and prosperity for all life in the universe. Starla Cascade, beautiful and mysterious courtesan, travels the universe in a whirlwind of romance as she seeks answers about the destruction of her home colony. A chance encounter at a party puts Starla in the crosshairs of an ancient predator and her search for answers takes her to the ever shifting halls of the vast Library of New Alexandria. Can she uncover the secrets of the beautiful and dangerous Yarahalanis? Or will she, like so many before her, be lost within the shadow of the eternal?"