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

But he’d taken the first watch; he shouldn’t be taking this one also.


“I told him not to. It’s going to be a long day, Doc. You needed your rest.”


“Well, I’m awake now. You can go to sleep.”


“Not likely. I’m up for the rest of the day. You know I never needed much sleep.”


“No, you never did.” Even when he’d first come to us, I’d find him at four or five in the morning, doing homework or completing projects. “Keep me company, then.”


“It’s been a long time since we had some time together.”


“How did we let it get to that point, Doc?”


“You joined the Air Force after college. How did you wind up in communications?”


“I never thought I would. I’d pictured myself flying those stealth jets.”


“I tossed my cookies the first time I went up in one.” He glanced at me out of the corner of his eye, and I had the feeling he was pulling my leg. “God, I’d sell my soul for a cup of coffee.”


Chapter 22