"Set in Larry Niven's Man-Kzin Wars universe. On Wunderland, a generation after Liberation, memories of the bloody kzin conquest and Occupation have faded, and men and kzin live largely in peace. But the fabulous treasure of the kzin pirates, hidden on a distant world, remains a magnet for freebooters. Young Peter Cartwright and his kzinrett friend Marthar receive information and a map from a most unlikely source and soon find themselves fighting the most ruthless pirates in Known Space for an unimaginable prize"--