How To Lose An Extraterrestrial in 10 Days

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Planet Sandreem Twenty-five years ago

SILENT AND DETERMINED adversaries, the boy and his father were locked in battle. Their foreheads nearly touched as they sat hunched over a Sech board, scrutinizing several dozen game pieces carved to resemble soldiers. The bustle and laughter of the rest of the family filled the cottage, while filets of fresh-caught river eel sizzled on the grill. A few raindrops splashed against the windows of the cottage, the last of an early evening squall.

Eriff tried to predict the result of his father’s con- fident moves across the game board. Some endings had him invading his father’s Holy Keep, but others had Eriff’s goddess falling to his father’s onslaught. Which would be the best move? The right move.

His father’s quiet voice broke his concentration. “Life or death…so it always is for you, boy.”

Eriff glanced up into amused blue eyes that looke ... read full excerpt from How to Lose an Extraterrestrial in 10 Days ebook