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    A Human for Christmas
    A Human for Christmas
    A Human for Christmas
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    A Human for Christmas

    By Mark Alders

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    War has devastated planet Earth. Only a few pockets of humans survive, and even then, it’s a meagre existence where famine and disease are common and surviving each day paramount. All hope for humanity is dwindling. The Earth is dying.

    Unexpectedly, a strange alien race, giant blue furred beings known as the Teathans, offer assistance in a way no human could have ever contemplated. Humans are to be cared for like cherished toys, as it is the Teathan’s goal in life to look out for others.

    Greg Scott is one of the first chosen. He’s provided food, shelter and affection from his alien owner. Everything he has ever needed is his every whim. He has found paradise on Teathan and humanity has a new hope.

    Everything is perfect until Greg’s owner is visited by his friend and a love that shouldn’t exist between the aliens is revealed. Will Greg’s utopia be shattered once the truth gets out? Will he be forced to return to Earth? Or will something unexpected happen? Will Greg come up with a solution, both unorthodox and oh so very human, to solve the aliens’ dilemma?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereXtasy Books Inc
    Release dateFeb 4, 2012
    ISBN9781771110594
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      A Human for Christmas - Mark Alders

      War has devastated planet Earth. Only a few pockets of humans survive, and even then, it’s a meagre existence where famine and disease are common and surviving each day paramount. All hope for humanity is dwindling. The Earth is dying.

      Unexpectedly, a strange alien race, giant blue furred beings known as the Teathans, offer assistance in a way no human could have ever contemplated. Humans are to be cared for like cherished toys, as it is the Teathan’s goal in life to look out for others.

      Greg Scott is one of the first chosen. He’s provided food, shelter and affection from his alien owner. Everything he has ever needed is his every whim. He has found paradise on Teathan and humanity has a new hope.

      Everything is perfect until Greg’s owner is visited by his friend and a love that shouldn’t exist between the aliens is revealed. Will Greg’s utopia be shattered once the truth gets out? Will he be forced to return to Earth? Or will something unexpected happen? Will Greg come up with a solution, both unorthodox and oh so very human, to solve the aliens’ dilemma?

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      A Human For Christmas

      Copyright © 2011 Mark Alders

      ISBN: 978-1-77111-059-4

      Cover art by Martine Jardin

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      A Human for Christmas

      By

      Mark Alders

      For Tj

      War has devastated planet Earth. Only a few pockets of humans survive, and even then, it’s a meagre existence where famine and disease are common and surviving each day paramount. All hope for humanity is dwindling. The Earth is dying.

      Unexpectedly, a strange alien race, giant blue-furred beings known as the Teathans, offer assistance in a way no human could have ever contemplated. Humans are to be cared for like cherished toys, as it is the Teathan’s goal in life to look out for others.

      Greg Scott is one of the first chosen. He’s provided food, shelter and affection from his alien owner. Everything he has ever needed is his every whim. He has found paradise on Teathan and humanity has a new hope.

      Everything is perfect until Greg’s owner is visited by his friend and a love that shouldn’t exist between the aliens is revealed. Will Greg’s utopia be shattered once the truth gets out? Will he be forced to return to Earth? Or will something unexpected happen? Will Greg come up with a solution, both unorthodox and oh so very human, to solve the aliens’ dilemma?

      Chapter One

      A Human Idea

      President Naidoc drummed his fingers on his desk. We’ve received the initial draft of the treaty between us and the Teathans, Skiles.

      It’s interesting they want to care for humans, isn’t it?

      Very interesting, for sure, but one thing concerns me. The President shifted his weight, making his chair creak.

      What’s that?

      Our reputation.

      I don’t follow. Skiles remained standing until the President offered him a seat. The office of the President was sparse, more like a war bunker than anything resembling the office of old.

      Well, look at the state we’re in. Our population is down to fifty-million or so because we’re too trigger happy. Who’d want to take on humanity as a mission without some sort of sweetening of the deal?

      The Teathans care for others, that’s their way. If they do so successfully, they obtain their version of enlightenment. In fact, every species that has ever walked, crawled, flown or slithered on their planet still does so. I find that quite amazing. Skiles’s voice raised an octave, his excitement clear.

      The President rubbed his chin. "Can we use that information so the Teathans will care for at least half of us who are left at the very least?"

      Why half?

      "That’s the number we need to remove from Earth so we can all survive. Sure, we have a couple of other plans in the pipeline, but for the here and now the Teathan solution seems our best option. I mean, what limited resources we have left just won’t last long even with our numbers so decimated if we don’t act fast. Simple as that."

      Skiles, without thinking, retrieved his son’s action figure toy from his carry bag. He had been carrying it since his son passed away from complications arising from a breech in the city shield a few months back. Foul air rushed in and before it could be sealed, many thousands died. No amount of medication can help when the very air people breathe is toxic. The action figure was the only reminder Skiles had of him. The only thing he cherished in the world. We could appeal to the Teathans on their most primal level.

      Explain.

      Skiles placed the GI Joe onto the President’s table. My son looked after this like it was the last breath of his life. He loved it because it represented something he could admire, dream about, and something which gave him hope for the future. I believe…I believe we should—

      Package humans like toys? The President’s eyebrows shot up, concern, surprise and curiosity evident on his face.

      "Not just any toy. A cherished collector’s item, if you will. Put it this way, compared to the Teathans, humans are about the size of this action figure,

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