Garia finally has a one-on-one with the latest arrival from Earth and they swap stories. Later, the War Council inspects the most recent additions to the Allies' armory.

Somewhere Else Entirely

by Penny Lane

126 - Maralin

A boy has finally become a man. And as a man, he craves adventure. And he is about go through more adventure than he hoped for.

As a boy, he was known as Bobby. As a man he is known as Bob.

This story story is about Bob, and friends he makes along his journey.

One second, Bob was at his job, and the next thing Bob knew, he was on a terraformed Mars, colonized by humanity, in an alternate, future reality.

And the clock is ticking. He has less than forty-eight hours to cross the two-hundred and forty million mile distance, from Mars to Earth. And the mileage is the least of his concerns.

The locals call such a trip, a Comet Run. He is going to call it a miracle, if he can pull it off, in time.

Bob is going to have beg, borrow, and pray, if he hopes to make it back to Earth, on time to return to his home reality.

Unfortunately, he is going to attract attention from all the wrong people. From rock and roll space truckers, to crazy bounty hunters, to corrupt cops.

But, if Bob can keep his wits about him, he just might make it back to Earth, right under the wire.

The horror show is over folks. Now, here is the beginning of the adventurous, fun, third act.

For this is chapter one of book three, “The Student, The Hacker, and The Soldier.”