Kestler's Bane: The Proteus Chronicles

In 5465 C.E., a routine mission goes horribly wrong when Captain Truman Hale's space cruiser is destroyed in a freak storm. He lands in an unfamiliar world, where five strange allies join him. Together they must battle The Molester, the leader of horrifying creatures who live in an underground maze, torturing and devouring their victims...especially the peaceful and gentle Boat People. The war turns personal when Truman discovers that the Boat People are his own kind: humans descended from ...