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Comrie ~ 'coming together'
by Cainneach McEinri
Language: English
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
Content Rating: Older than 17
A group of aliens whose ship is stranded near Mars seeks to rebuild their crew by enlisting human women to be surrogate mothers. A person notices that Sarah and seven of her friends are ideal candidates for the alien program and the person decides they would be a better fit with a few enhancements. Arrangements are made to abduct Sarah and her friends. As Sarah and her friends are prepared for transport they are given a series of injections that presumably would enhance their appearance. The injections also put them to sleep.
When the aliens pickup up Sarah and her friends, they are surprised that they are sleeping. The agent providing them assures that the group didn’t want to wake before arriving at their destination. The aliens are puzzled as this was different than had occurred with previous groups of surrogate mothers. After arriving at the island where the surrogate mothers would live, each of them were given a complete physical. The fact that none of the group woke up during the physicals puzzled them. A review of the medical evaluations, told them that all was not as it should be. It was now clear that the group had been given treatments that if allowed to go to completion would be detrimental to their long term health. While they had the capability to avoid that, doing so had consequences. Due to the narrow time span within which to initiate a counter treatment, they opted to proceed. This was primarily cause the counter treatment would ensure their long term health.
Six months later Sarah wakes up to find herself alone in a very comfortable bed. In looking around the room she notices the reflexion of a woman in a mirror. It takes her a moment to realize that is her. As she is examining her appearance in the mirror, she notices a note on a near by table. Following the notes instructions she soon learns a bit about their situation. She learns that her friends are fine and will all awaken over the next few days. Like her their appearance has undergone similar changes. As the wake up they discover that their relationship is a much more intimate one than what they remembered.
When nearly everyone is up, they meet Amy's Clan. It is then they learn that their hosts are some of the surviving crew members of an alien space ship. The ship is in this solar system due to sabotage and is currently stranded near Mars. During their initial meeting both groups realize that their situation is not quite what either of them thought. Their situation and what has happened to them offers them an opportunity to follow a very different path into the future. By coming together they potentially have a much different destiny. Thus, Sarah and her friends join with the space ship crew in an effort to restore the space ship.
There are only about 40 surviving crew members so one of their first steps is to recruit humans to assist them in repairing the space ship. They choose to approach those graduating from college who don't have any living family to assist them. Finding candidates is easy, keeping them safe from human trafficking is more of a challenge. 2nd Edition updated Nov2023
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keller.kevin
No context, almost unreadable.
Reviewed it on June 6, 2024
Could of been a decent read. Storyline could have been good. Actual story missed the mark. There is zero context to set it up, very confusing from the beginning.I find the comments puzzling and seem a bit inconsistent. However, this story is essentially the same as the one posted on SOL and rated as nearly an 8 out of a possible 10 by over 240 readers.
i_m_nightshade
Author needs an editor that speaks English.
Reviewed it on May 17, 2023
I have only read the Prolog and find it difficult to follow. Words are missing from sentences, 'then' is used for 'when' and so on. I may find this is an anomaly as I read the book, but there is really no excuse for not using an editor, especially when charging for the book.
I owe you a thank you. As a result of your comment I looked closely at the published ebook and was shocked to find many wording errors. While I am reasonably certain that I may have read through some of them, certainly not all. As a result, the book was again proof read several times and appropriate corrections made before publishing the 2nd edition. The second edition used a different approach in converting it to an ePUB. Again thank you for your comment, although I would have liked a much more positive one. ;-) BTW, the free version is rated as nearly an 8 out of a possible 10 by over 240 readers.