Conquerors' Heritage By
Timothy Zahn 
 
The Zhirrzh have won a temporary respite in their war with the barbarians. But the Human captive Pheylan Cavanagh has escaped, and for that Thrr-gilag, the young Searcher, finds himself disgraced, his bond-engagement to target of hidden and powerful forces seeking to remake Zhirrzh society in their own meciless image.