By the year 2060, mankind is on the verge of bringing Terra to her knees. The population has exploded, and land for cattle and crops has been sacrificed for housing and employment for the more than fifteen billion souls now living on the planet. Synthetic food is created in plants, and the remaining animals are kept in zoos and game preserves of the wealthy. In an effort to insure the survival of mankind, spaceships are sent to explore Terra’s nearest neighbors, Mars and Venus, but will it be too little too late?<br><br>The four men who took the MRM to Mars have high hopes, until on their return home they travel through a magnetic field that crashes them… somewhere. As they explore the unknown world with its dangers, Doc, Nick, Hank, and Ed will struggle to come to terms with their new reality and find their own paths to happiness.

To Love Through Space and Time

“Acceleration in T minus five. Four. Three. Two. And here we go, gentlemen. We’re about to enter hyperdrive. Next stop, home.”


The Emmybegan to accelerate. I let my mind wander over the time I’d spent with these men. Once we returned to Terra, the team would split up. Hank would go home to his wife and kids, Ed would go wherever the Air Force sent him and so would I, although I’d make damn sure we never bunked together again. As for Doc…He was the one I’d miss the most, and who knew when I would see him again?


“Hey, Doc, once we get back, suppose we meet for—”


And then all hell seemed to break loose as a baby elephant dropped down on me, keeping me pinned to my seat.


“Speed’s increasing instead of decreasing.” Ed shouted. “Almost thirty miles per second. Sixty miles per second.” His voice became strident. “A hundred and twenty—”


“C-core temperature’s reaching the d-danger point.” It sounded as if Hank was struggling to get the words past his lips.


Chapter 16