Survival

NEALSON, middle-aged, lonely and dissatisfied with life, discovers the young and lovely Elizabeth Baird. He clings to her to make some meaning of his life, to survive...

VANDOR, a member of a stone-age tribe on a distant planet, faces the possibility of a horrific ritual death if he fails in his task as a teacher.

What is the connection between the two men? Separated by time and space, yet linked by a common bond, they struggle to survive in alien worlds. And who are the menacing observers, WHAT WAS THEIR PURPOSE?