One Life, One Mate

One Life, One Mate is a controversial book written by a female of the Race who travelled to Tosev 3 with the Colonization Fleet. Both the author and a close male friend of hers became addicted to ginger. Her frequent ginger use caused her to become fertile and emit sexual pheromones often, regardless of whether it was the Race's mating season. These pheromones aroused her male companion, and the two frequently mated. They did this so often that they came to see it as an affirmation of their friendship and developed an emotional attachment over it. They defected to the United States and entered into an exclusive mating arrangement.

One Life, One Mate is the author's defense of her lifestyle, which is contradictory to traditional valus of the Race. She advocates both ginger use and monogamy, though the former is illegal throughout the Empire and the latter is considered the height of perversion by the Race.