Neal James is a space station navigator whose lover, Dylan Teague, left him for a starmapping mission. But when Dylan radios in a distant signal one night, Neal discovers that he hasn't managed to put the relationship behind him in the two months they've been apart. When he's one of the crew members sent to investigate the signal, he finds that his ex-lover feels the same.<br><br>The source of the signal is a lost colony ship. Only a handful of the original colonists remain, survivors of a deadly disease that killed most of their fellow shipmates twenty years ago. To keep the threat of disease to a minimum, the colony adheres to strict laws, including the prohibition of same-sex relationships.<br><br>When the same fatal virus seems to appear again, Neal and Dylan find themselves in the midst of an irrational panic and hate that threatens to destroy everything the colonists have worked so hard to attain.

Operation Starseed

Whatever his reasons, he’s not talking, at


least there’s that. Maybe he’s just tired of this, we all are, he


just wants it to be over with already, and I understand that


completely. Parker, on the other hand, is all about teasing Dylan,


and it’s quite cute to see the consternation that flickers across


my lover’s face when the other pilot asks him, “What isthe


“The point is,” Dylan starts, and when


he glances at me, I know he doesn’t have a clue what he’s going to


say. He’s the type to talk first, figure out what he said later,


like that whole I want you happystint he pulled when he


left for this mission two months back. But he’s quick on his feet,


I’ll give him that. “The point is that Evan said we could have a


“Time’s up,” Parker says. He laughs


when Dylan frowns at him. “Contrary to popular belief, though, it


ain’t you I came looking for.” He turns to me and asks, “Where


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