This novella was a Hugo and Nebula nominee twenty years ago. I lost both to Charles Sheffield -- whom I married five years later. Life sometimes really is just as strange as fiction.

Ja§h: This will only have two chapters! We wrote this because of silvester and because ,,Cavespider" wanted one^^ Ca$h: so now please enjoy while reading-.-! Both: AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Eine Story über das Leben im Kampf auf der Suche nach der großen Liebe.

Kiera's best friend drags her across the universe to find her a man, only the man she's destined to meet is a battle-hardened warrior living in exile. Calculating A'Ran is too cautious to be surprised by whatever life throws at him - until faced with the challenge of becoming a worthy partner for his lifemate.