Variation On The Theme Of Man

What happens when the girl of your dreams is also the man from your waking life?

Federation agent Gabriel Marsh finds himself asking just that question when he's teamed with Aleksandr Karanov, who's pretty as a picture and deadly as a cobra. Lexei's also a variant, a mutant able to change sex at will, something coming in handy on his many assignments. Marsh has some definite adjusting to do where his new partner's concerned—both morally and emotionally. His association with Lexei is ambivalent at best, prejudicial at worst, and the way he's beginning to feel about Deirdre, Lexei's Other Self, doesn't bear thinking about.

Deirdre is shy and gentle, not the type of woman a ruthless Federation killer should fall for…but that's exactly what happens.