Star Hunters - Diadem, Bk 5 Author:Jo Clayton Jo Clayton weaves the engrossing tales of Aleytys and the mysterious diadem which controls her actions and determines her quests through some of the most colorful and imaginative alien surroundings... one cannot help but thirst for future adventures of this nubile heroine. — Although heroine is not quite the right word for Aleytys -- attractive, ... more »telepathic, empathic, telekinetic, mystic might be closer to discribing this colorful and imaginative character. Jo Clayton weaves an engrossing tale, with a beautiful woman, a mysterious powerful artifact, hordes of half-human monsters, aliens, and the mental force of a madman of her own ancestral race. In Star Hunters Alytes is conveyed to a distant world where she must once again battle the planets unnatural forces, overcome the inhuman enemies and "triumph on all or lose everything".« less