He awoke in a coffin-like box with a intravenous needle stuck in his leg. Next to him he found a woman, also in a similar coffin-like box. As they explored their environment they realized they were aboard a space capsule heading to some unknown destination. Would they get there, alive? They landed in a world in another solar system populate by people only 3 feet in height and covered with fur - like monkeys without tails. But they were intelligent, highly socialized and... read the book.