A.C. Katt

The Sarrans return home from Earth in triumph, having gained many new Earthen fems, coffee, chocolate, and cats. Senator Samuel Johnson joins his grandson Michael, his daughter Sara, and her WarriorPair on Sarran. To his delighted surprise, he bonds irrevocably with Tarin, one of Sarran's top engineers. Tarin had been bonded before and thought he would never experience a bond again, yet Sam's love gives him a new lease on life. Now they only hope the Goddess has a fem for them. Then the Sarran Elders host a mixer for Sarran warriors to meet the Earthen fems. Margaret Mary O'Neil, Meg to her friends, is a talented woman who fled to Sarran like so many Earth women looking for a new life. When she meets Sam and Tarin, her life changes forever. But while things are looking up for the Sarrans, with new babies being born and WarriorPairs settling down, their enemy the Zyptz are relentless in their efforts to wipe them out. When the Zyptz attack both Sarran and Earth, the mutual dependence between the two becomes ever more evident.

The Sarran Senator

Sam sat down. “I was almost very embarrassed. I don’t even know what my financial status is on this planet and for a moment, I didn’t know if I could afford to pay for the coffee. I thought I was penniless.” Sam’s face was still flushed with embarrassment.


“Let me show you. Do you have your comm unit?” Tarin asked.


“Yes, Mark told me to always have it near me. I have it in my pocket.”


“Take it out and press this combination.”


“It says here that I have almost one-hundred thousand credits. How can that be? I haven’t been to a bank.”


“From what I understand, your offspring brought coffee and chocolate back from Earth as trade items. You, entirely on your own, brought cocoa for a drink called ‘hot chocolate’ which seems to be widely popular. Although anyone can fabricate it, fresh is always best. Mark and Juraens invested some of your Earthen credits in the coffee and chocolate.”


Chapter 11