Home is where the technologically advanced battle station is…
Dex Drennum escaped to the Arizona wilderness. His 4×4, a campfire, and some rock hounding for geodes, and he could feel the overwhelm of dealing with people bleed slowly out of his body.
Until one rock he cracked open gave him an unexpected reward. Not beautiful crystals with cool designs, but a woman. And what a woman she was.
An alien shapeshifter, having crashed on Earth. And she needed help. To get home. To the stars. Where her duty as a high-level operative could save lives.
The catch? She needed a symbiont, a person to connect with her. Without that, she’d never survive the trip back to where she belonged. To the space station headquarters of the remnants of her people, who were fighting a desperate war against a tyrannical space collective.
What’s a guy to do when a hot alien woman who can take the form of anyone or anything asks for help or she’ll die? It depends on if he can trust that their “connection” won’t turn him into some kind of mindless slave.
Of course, Dex can think of worse situations.