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

“And…what you know?” the man asked.


Of course. They’d want to compare the knowledge they’d had eighth- or tenth- hand to what was current to us.


“Please come back to see us when you return and we’ll talk more.”


“We’ll do that. We’d better go. Thank you for taking the time to speak with us, ma’am.”


“Ma’am.” I bowed, and after Ed followed suit, we both turned to walk out.


“I doubt it,” I said softly. “This is home now.”


“Hank’s not going to take this well. Do you think—” He fell silent as we exited the main entryway. “What the fuck?”


Nick was on the ground, holding an unconscious Hank. “I’m sorry, Easy. He was becoming hysterical.”


“Why didn’t you just slap him?” Ed demanded.


“He got the jump on me.” Nick looked up, and I gasped. His eye was starting to swell, and blood was trickling from the corner of his mouth. He gave a painful smile. “At least he didn’t knock a tooth out.”


Chapter 37