Crown Prince, techno-geek, and secret sadomasochist Valier has lusted for years after the gorgeous gladiator called "The Diamond." Meeting the escaped slave on a skyscraper rooftop, Valier discovers Moro Dalgleish wants suicide before his former masters can reclaim him. Infected with a deadly symbiont, Valier proposes empty sex to satisfy his urges and grant Moro's release from a horrible life. Neither man plans for Moro to survive, or how the morning after will shake three interstellar empires to their foundations.

This is a revised 3rd edition of a previously published work.