Homecoming - Hardcover

Sue Ann Bowling, Ann Bowling

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1450213170 ISBN 13: 9781450213172

Publisher: iUniverse, 2010

Synopsis

During the last Interglacial more than 125,000 years ago, humans hybridized with the R'il'nai and spread across the galaxy to colonize other planets. Although they formed a Confederation, they still depended on the R'il'nai for guidance and protection-not only from the Maungs but from each other.

But only one of the pureblood R'il'nai still lives-Lai, an embittered survivor who mourns his lost human love but is still bound to honor his race's responsibility to the Confederation. Two others possess the potential to change his and the Confederation's future-Snowy, a slave dancer who is frightened of his special powers, and Marna, a healer who survived a planet-wide epidemic on her home world.

All have their own individual loyalties which put them in conflict with one another, but the only way they can summon a future to benefit all is to work together.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Snowy. And fifteen years ago Lai had been in love with a white-haired, brown-eyed woman nicknamed Cloudy. How had he failed to see the resemblance? "Snowy," Derik said gently, cupping the boy's face in his hands, "it's all right. I'm not going to hurt you. Just relax and let me have enough contact to check how you're feeling." He kept the contact light, ready to pull back if he felt any resistance, but all he felt was thirst, pain, and half delirious thoughts of water. It's all right, he thought at the boy. We're taking care of the thirst, and we'll help you with the pain. Before he could get a response, Nik's ready echoed through his mind.
He broke contact with Snowy and made full contact with Nik, blending his mind with the physician's for the teleport to his room, remembering only after he heard gasps of dismay that Snowy's friends would not be used to people appearing out of thin air. Or to Nik's hasty blood typing, which involved touching his tongue to a drop of the boy's blood.

About the Author:

Sue Ann Bowling earned a bachelor’s degree in physics at Radcliffe/Harvard and a Ph.D. in geophysics from the University of Alaska. After thirty years of teaching, she retired to focus on writing. Bowling has lived in Alaska for forty-five years. Visit her Web site on canine color genetics at http://bowlingsite.mcf.com/Genetics/Genetics.html.

About this edition

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1450213170
• ISBN 13: 9781450213172
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 324