On the fog-shrouded world of Venus, a struggling Terran hunter faces a moral crisis when a wealthy client offers him a fortune to guide her on an illegal safari. Her target is the red roebuck, a creature so rare and beautiful that the native Venusians worship it as holy. With his own survival at stake, the hunter agrees, even as his young native assistant recoils in dismay and a blind beggar prophesies doom. As they trek into the riotously colorful but eerie sanctuary, the hunter's guilt deepens. The red roe is more magnificent than he imagined, its eyes gleaming with an almost divine peace. But the client's chilling true purpose emerges, transforming the hunt into a deadly game of wills. Trapped between a rifle barrel and his own conscience, the hunter must confront the line between damnation and redemption.