Arkell is a genetically manipulated warrior clone. During a political seachange he is commissioned and removed from control of government officials and placed under exclusive military control. Arkell and his team of special operation soldiers join General Ferr in a raid to kidnap the Stoellean king. During the raid, General Ferr is critically injured. The team rescues the General and transporst him and the Stoellean king to an isolated planet. Arkell encounters Dar while waiting for a medical team to tend to General Ferr. Dar is a 700 plus pound hybrid beast of remarkable strength and intelligence. The two inexplicably are bonded both telapathically and empathically. They not only can communicaete telepathically, but literally 'feel' what the other feels. This book is a 'Prequel' to 'ArkDar/The Two That Are One' and explains the origins of both Arkell and his symbiotic soul mate Dar.