Ruvane Delkroy had an honest streak a parsec wide, unusual in a spacer. But all it took to make him turn thief were the big, dark eyes, the long black curls and the lithe, sexy body of Etarin, his boss's prize eunuch dancer. Stealing Etarin was the least of his problems. Their path dogged by bounty hunters, their ship damaged by transit authorities and their integrity challenged by local manhood customs, the men come together. Can they manage to rise above all the stresses?