Catseye

"Troy Horan manages to find work in a luxury pet shop on his repressive planet when he learns he can communicate telepathically with the animals - notably a kinkajou and some exotic Terran cats. He uncovers a conspiracy resulting in the death of the owner and flees to the dangerous Wilds with the animals. After crashing in ancient, forbidden ruins,… "Troy Horan manages to find work in a luxury pet shop on his repressive planet when he learns he can communicate telepathically with the animals - notably a kinkajou and some exotic Terran cats. He uncovers a conspiracy resulting in the death of the owner and flees to the dangerous Wilds with the animals. After crashing in ancient, forbidden ruins, he finds the remains of the explorers that had previously attempted to enter the ruins along with a mysterious machine that can summon the past into the present. The aforementioned machine is heavily implied to have been the cause of the explorer's deaths."--Wikipedia.