About the book: year / The winner on Mariquet is... the loser. A native of Naron, the former heir to the Denbo-West Industries shipbuilding company, which produces spaceships of the second class, Shane West gives up the dangerous right to inherit the family business in order to try his luck in the Hunt and resist the ferocious and lustful cats of Mariket. Thanks to his mastery of survival in the wild forest, Shane immediately wins the sympathy of other players, fans and arena judges. On the very first night, he attracts the attention of a cat, inflamed by persecution, and they mate. Victory seems assured. Then everything goes wrong. News from the Fourth Arena becomes scarce and contradictory. There were rumors about cats running amok and gross security violations. Unconfirmed information about killers and predators begins to arrive, after which the broadcast to the outside worlds crackles and is interrupted... What to do? Welcome to the Hunt.