Sharon Shinn

On a planet of barren beauty, two religions-as different as sun and shadow, joy and grief-are bound together by death.... A serial killer is stalking the priestesses of both sects-and Interfed Agent Cowen Drake must immerse himself in an unfamiliar world of stark spirituality to catch the killer. A world that will trap him between opulence and sacrifice, between desire and duty, and between two extraordinary women-one who could become the killer's ultimate victim.