Accidental Abduction From Earth by Steve Fish Interstellar Society Paperback

Accidental Abduction From Earth
by Steve Fish
Tom decides to take some time off from his demanding Ph.D. program to clarify his life goals. He enjoys the natural world, so he moves to a remote, off-grid cabin in the Northern California coastal woods. The last thing that he expects is that he will be accidentally abducted by the bungling crew of an interstellar spaceship raiding Earth for saleable artifacts and animals. Tom's adventure begins in his backyard when his dog wakes him up in the pre-dawn dark to alert him that some varmint is getting into his chickens. Instead of a raccoon that wants chicken for breakfast, he finds a big toothy creature resembling a tyrannosaur in the dim light and looks like it would like to have him for breakfast. With only a flashlight and a small shotgun, Tom outwits and disables the monster. As the sun comes up, Tom sits against a tree to think about how he will convince anyone to come and...