Hidebound

<p>Not long after Anfissa meets Ferenc a strange humanoid bodyguard on the space cruiser St. Catherine she is forced to flee with him his menacing boss and another bodyguard in a lifeboat during an attack on the cruiser to a planet where even the grass is deadly. Travelling across the planet to find a small relay station Fissa nearly succumbs to dehydration and insect bites until Ferenc offers her help unique to his home planet.</p>