Accidental Abduction From Earth: Tom adapts to his involuntary introduction into interstellar society

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...