Simply because he is genetically altered, an academic researcher is banished to the unknown enemy worlds of the Emirates--a place of barbaric culture ruled by the Sons, descendants of human men and holy Houris. Pursued by those who would use his gift towards their own ends, he desperately attempts to find a way back to the Harmony and stumbles across a terrible secret that will stop an intergalactic war, and perhaps, change what it means to be Human--forever. From the back cover STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND Marcer Brice, an academic researcher in the Polite Harmony of Worlds, is an Altered Human, possessing an echo-locating ability that makes him the subject of suspicion and fear. But he never expected to be banished to the unknown enemy worlds of the Emirates simply for the crime of being different. Here he finds a culture of fanatics, where cruel, beautiful women known as Houris are worshipped like angels, while their male offspring, called Sons, wield power over life and death. Pursued throguh this sinister world by those who would use his gift for their own reasons, Marcer desperately tries to find a way back to Harmony—and stumbles upon a secret far deadlier than the looming intergalactic war....