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Uh-oh. I'll go over the chapter and check. Thanks for letting me know!

Glad to hear that! thanks for reviewing

You are absolutely welcome! in the next chapter, there will be more information about the world and the people who live in it.

Thank you very much! I'm glad you're liking my work so far. Don't worry, I will follow up with Tantalus. I'll just have to take some time to properly do it justice

Much obliged, and thank you very much for reviewing! I'm genuinely thankful for all your insightful comments throughout the course of this story, Dathi. *note for Puppilull above: It's supposed to say, 'the most awesome line I've read in a review so far.' That's the fault of my voice recognition program not working correctly and transcribing something it thought I said, as usual. Apparently, I can't edit replies once they are posted.

'A sea of Furballs' has to be the most awesome line I've written a review so far.

Chapter 2. The Mission When I woke up Andy was gone. It took me a moment to realize it. When I did, I silently berated myself from having lowered my guard like that yesterday. I stood up from the bed and stumbled into the bathroom for a piss. I wasn't going to hurry. If he had stolen anything, he was long gone and there was nothing I could do about it. I wasn't going to ruin my own morning earlier than I had to. I flushed the toilet and then looked around the bedroom as I came back. Nothin

Yay, thanks! glad you liked it

Humble thanks, man. Your opinion means a lot to me!

Thanks! It's awesome to read that you liked the story. the sequel will be bigger in scope, so I need to get myself to planning! now if only I could quit my day job… lol

thank you! it's definitely coming.

glad you liked it, and thank you for reviewing

Thank you very much! I've grown rather attached to the characters throughout the course of writing the story, so I'm definitely going to take the time to properly plan a fitting sequel.

The next book will explore the nature of these aliens further, and of course Tag and co. will stick around! thank you very much for all your reviews

What good could a finale be without a bit of fear? I'm not that heartless, though. Thank you very much for reviewing!

As a satisfying as a bolt of lightning would have been, she is nevertheless the senior officer, so I'm afraid she'll stick around - just how her men look at her after this incident, though, remains to be seen.

I am deliberately keeping the references to the world vague so you guys have a chance to discover it little by little. As the story goes on, though, we'll learn more about the characters and this Island city.

Well, there's definitely going to be a second part. after that, if you guys want, I can just keep going!

Chapter 18. Beginning. Jim and I looked at each other in the aftermath of the mothership's destruction, speechless, dumbstruck. “There has to be a mistake,” I protested weakly, but not even I believed it. “That was one of the most advanced ships in our military,” Jim said with a quiet voice. “It was shielded. It had long-range sensors. It was supposed to be nearly indestructible.” This weapon of the Travelers is new to me, Echo joined in. I am performing an analysis, but it will take t

Okay, so I finally have some free time for reading, and I am really glad I decided to start with this story. It's amazing. You deal with topics that many of us have had to face at one point or another, and do so in a realistic and engaging fashion. My favorite part of the story so far has been the way the initial conflict was presented. Galen is just coming out of a very abusive relationship, meets the man of his dreams - but he's taken. Through your writing, we get to see how three people who basically want to be decent human beings deal with a situation that might end up hurting all of them. Perhaps Josh was tempted to simply leave his 8-year-old relationship behind to start something with Galen, but his decision is to remain with his partner. Galen takes the rejection in stride, and grows because of it. I think there are a lot of very complex interactions taking place here, and to be honest, if I was to be in such a situation I don't know what I would do. We have all heard about love at first sight, about 'sparks', like Galen says can happen when you kiss someone who is truly special to you. Mr. Right. Unfortunately, circumstances can get in the way of perfect idyllic love, as you have shown here. In this case the grown-up thing to do is to be true to yourself, but when there are other people involved it gets much more complicated. Ethan is there as the perhaps safe alternative, and the inner conflict of Galen when he says that he likes him well enough but he isn't blown away by the prospect of starting something serious is both worrying as a reader and amazing because it's true. Sometimes, people are in a position where they have the option to 'settle' for something that may or may not be what they are really looking for. The game of love is often one of chasing that which we can't have, and of dismissing that which we can. later there may come regrets, lessons learned, or hindsight. At this point in the story, I believe the foreboding atmosphere of the chapter exemplifies very well that the decisions the characters make will influence their destinies, for better or worse. Sorry for the wall of text! I'm really liking the story.

thank you very much!

that's awesome! thank you for reviewing.

Wow, thanks a lot, drpaladin! I hope you'll find the rest of the story as engaging as this first chapter.

Thank you for reviewing, Valkyrie! We're just getting started, but I'm glad to know I already have awesome people like you who'll travel with me on this new journey.

Lol - thank you very much, Puppilull! I promise your brave sacrifice of time will be well worth it!