In Conquest Born

In Conquest Born is about two individuals of different races whose worlds collide. One race is highly psionic, the other is terribly close-minded. One is golden-skinned, the other pale. One is a free-thinking society, the other rules by a strict and secretive nobility. The female protagonist, having witnessed her parents' horrible death at a tender age, is unleashed as a psionic secret-agent against the other side, where she wanders throughout the universe looking for a mate who can survive her mental and physical powers. The meeting between the two is a bit confusing (I read it twice and even now try to guess what REALLY happened), but rewarding. A novel that starts with a whimper and ends with a bang.