New York: Arbor House, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in a far future of talking computers, sentient lions and a chaotic an interplanetary war, Eastern agent Joanna Devine, betrayed by her superiors, settles on Freehold and plans her revenge. Dustjacket praise from Van Vogt, Zelazny, Busby and Tiptree (who calls it "a wonderful romp through a world in which human intelligence interfaces with machine intelligence with alternating moments of suspense, humor, sexy sex, and wild terror. . . Moments such as that in which a sentient desk first experiences the grief of death will stay with you.") 276 pp. ISBN: 0-877957762.