The legends and myths of the Galaxy are populated by countless hordes of monsters, and the most terrible of them is Eramont, a ghostly lizard from Pracus, who lives in the World of the Dead and feeds on the souls of defeated enemies. A monster that can only be seen in the light of a flash of lightning. A faithful servant of Death itself. And when Egan, the best of professional trappers, received an absurd proposal to catch this fiend of hell, he should have twisted his finger at his temple and sent the petitioner on his way right from the threshold. However, against all reason, he accepted the challenge. After all, fifteen years ago Egan already came face to face with Eramont, and that memorable meeting cost him his life...