Poc Tec, Sentient Snake, and her Saurid partner Samot escape an attack by a race of vicious Primates, only to be forced into suspended animation within their crippled space freighter. For nineteen thousand years, they coast through space, further and further from their home.
Dr. Diane Hanning joins a manned mission to Saturn to retrieve a supposedly derelict alien spacecraft. She finds herself in the center role of making contact with the live, reptilian aliens.
Kyung Yazawa, CEO of the Yazawa Corporation, leads the Saturn mission, only to find the alien spacecraft occupied by a 30' venomous snake. Kyung suffers from a phobia of snakes, which threatens to overwhelm him.
They must all put their fears and prejudices aside and work together to survive the onslaught of terrorism and invasion for the secrets of the alien's technology.
About the Author
Tom A. Wright was born in New Jersey in 1961 and moved with his family to Arizona in 1976. He maintains his residence in Arizona with his son Shawn and his wife Annette, who is a published author of three non-fiction books. Tom acquired a degree in Manufacturing Graphics and worked as a draftsman for a few years. He went on to work in electronic sales, video production, photography, computer programming and animation, and is currently a radio announcer for KYCA in Prescott. With his wife Annette, Tom has worked with Arizona Game & Fish to house and care for confiscated and injured reptiles, and has provided educational presentations to grade schools about reptiles. He is working on his second novel, Broken Ties, a sequel to Distant Ties.
