>One Way Trip by Rebecca Leigh
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One Way Trip
by Rebecca Leigh
Silver Publishing
Length: 50 Pages
Characters: Captain Jay Marco, Raem
POV: Third person
Setting: Mars
Genre: Sci-Fi
Book Cover Rating: 3
4 KISSES
Blurb:
Captain Jay Marcos is on a mission to Mars as part of an international endeavor to find a planet suitable for terraforming. With governmental support waning, however, Captain Marcos’s trip becomes one way. Once he lands on Mars, Jay doesn’t find a new home for humans. But he finds one for himself. On Mars, Jay meets Raem, leader of the indigenous Rahitians. Raem welcomes Jay to his world and into his bed. Together, they share a cosmic sexual encounter like none ever experienced between a human and an alien. More than just hot, steamy sex, Jay and Raem find love.
Review:
One Way Trip is a short tale that, if approached with the appropriate expectations from a novella of its length, should prove to be an enjoyable diversion for the reader.
As a pioneer captaining his ship through space, Jay Marco is on a mission that could potentially save humankind from a dying earth. His destination is the planet Mars, where his assignment will be to determine if the environment might support human life, with the primary condition being that the planet must be uninhabited by native life forms. Jay leaves earth with the understanding that, regardless of what he finds there, Mars will be his final journey, and in a dream that proves to be a foreshadowing of his future, Jay soon finds himself the alien among the exotic race of Rahitians whose leader, Raem, quickly becomes synonymous with home and happiness for Jay.
The narrative is well paced, with more than enough descriptive language for the reader to form his own mental picture of both the starkly desolate landscapes and the striking features of Raem and the Rahitian race. The themes of the story are contemporary and include the concepts of creation vs. evolution, the belief in one true creator, and that we all share some commonality that unites us regardless of outward appearances. What this piece lacked in dramatic elements was made up for in the passionate bond felt between Jay and Raem, and that was enough to make this a pleasant read for me.
Reviewer: Lisa
