A fallen prince and his former enemy David Thomen is Earth's premier scientist, and he wants to be alone with his inventions, his money, and his own company. Instead, a mute, starving, alien is dropped in his lap. Not just any alien - a former prince and the leader of Earth's first alien invasion, defeated by David's technology. Vell was royalty, a conqueror, a warrior-mage. Now, he is bound by a magical collar that...