Science fiction codes and settings serve as background to Hybrids, a four-volume novel aimed at general readers as well as speculative fiction fans.

Fear, volume three of Hybrids

Severely wounded when she uncovered Farren's whereabouts, resolutely bent on protecting Jack, Theo bargains her way back to Gambling Nova, home of the dreaded Dome, the federal prison.

But is she ready to face her father's betrayal and Tarbel Mogud's lust?

Three years before, Theo fled Gambling Nova and Mogud, the prison governor, and had to leave her mother behind. She found refuge in Eridan, where she developed her unique gift - that of creating mind networks with orgacomps.

Deported to Gambling Nova, her Eridani friends are now in mortal danger. She's the only one who can help them escape the Dome, and she's determined to get her mother out this time too.

What she doesn't know is that Mogud, Keith of Rain Forest and Donatella Simpson, allied to overthrow the federal government, all want to grab her.

Can Theo succeed in getting everybody out, dodging her enemies and protecting the orgacomps?