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

“We must leave in the morning, Elder.”


“I understand. However, if you wish to speak with the wise ones, you must go north to Deecee.”


“Thank you. If you’ll just point us in the right direction—”


“I’ll send some hunters with you.”


“Not at all. I have hopes you’ll return with them.”


“We want to go home.” I’d enjoyed it here, in spite of how seldom I got to see Nick, but I knew how desperately Hank yearned for his family.


“We won’t detain you, then. Just know that you’re welcome.”


“Thank you. It’s getting late, and I need to speak with my men. I’ll bid you good night.”


I went to the hut given to us and was surprised to see Nick there, slouched in a chair. He held a glass of whiskey in his hand. “It’s good stuff.” He raised the glass and knocked back the contents.


I couldn’t take him to task for that. He wasn’t my son. Or my lover. “Where are Hank and Ed?” I asked him.


Chapter 26