The murky swamp planet Marr teems with alien life, its species locked in a constant struggle for survival. From rot and decay, from the putrid slime beneath that world’s watery surface, comes a strange new form of life. One of the great successes of the Marro’s recombinant technology is the building of the Hivelords. These super-organisms have few genetic equals in all the known worlds. Wo-Sa-Ga, genetically constructed to mimic the traits of the Marro’s Viper enemies, is one such success.