'The Fremden' is a sequel to 'Opfer: The Mission of Tor'. After the sending of many probes and shuttles, the United Galactic Nations, which is hoping to establish a colony, has discovered that the Earth is habitable once more and is surprised to find a thriving, indigenous population partly descended from the Moonbase mutineers who landed some 2000 years earlier. Its representatives become embroiled in the affairs of the peoples of Reesland, Gallia and Friland, who are at war with the dictator from the East, the Khan of Yhaammed. While the combined armies battle against oppression, the...

Rebecca Kuhn finds herself caught up in the problems of another race: a race indigenous to a planet 50 light years from Earth which comprises diverse cultures sharing the same fundamental problem. But what exactly is their problem? How can Rebecca help, and what is the mysterious occupation of a Zec'fr? The answers to these questions initiate drastic changes both to Rebecca's concepts, and to her life, as she finds herself embroiled in the concerns of two of the planet's major cultures. Meanwhile, back on Earth, Rebecca's disappearance provokes a murder hunt and the investigation of a...