Accidental Encounter

by Noel Carroll

Overview

An extraterrestrial mistake, a controlled space warp left open a fraction too long, a Wyoming hiker unknowingly walks into another world. His surprised and reluctant hosts not only have him to contend with, but they must also head off a potential disaster on earth as his lover pushes local authorities into a desperate search.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011084775
Publisher:	Noel Carroll
Publication date:	08/05/2010
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	487 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

About The Authors
For years the husband-and-wife team, Noel Carroll*, has published novels and short stories in two genres: thrillers and science fiction. A third genre, humor/satire, permitted them moments of fun and mischief. Although unwilling to abandon fiction, they steadily gravitated toward political commentary, first in opinion editorials and then in a full-length non-fiction work (“If You Can Keep It”). All their novels, short stories and essays have received highly favorable reviews, many being awarded five-stars. They currently make their home in Ponce Inlet, Florida.
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*a nom de plume (Noel and Carol also write under the names John Barr and N.C. Munson.)

Read an Excerpt

"God, no!" Mark's cry was a whisper on the outside but a scream on the inside. Whatever this thing had once been, it was now trying to become a German shepherd. Like his German shepherd, and like the many other German shepherds that moved unopposed through Kelly to unknown places beyond. His nightmare had reached a new plateau."

Introduction

"There! Over there! Just above the tree line. To the right of the tallest peak!"
"I see it. The poor thing dashes from point to point with no sense of purpose."
"Frightened, no doubt. The forest it sees now makes no sense. Once familiar, it has become alien. But 'poor thing' or not, we must act quickly to defend ourselves."
"We are adequately protected."
"You are; I am not; I convert more slowly than you, remember?"
"Sartor, the creature is but two meters long and one meter high. It is hardly a monster."
"What it is capable of doing to us and to our world is beyond monstrous. Set to sterilize."
"'Sterilize.' Such an innocent term when posed by those on the giving end."
"Set to sterilize!"
"You misunderstand, Sartor. I am not refusing the order, I am merely philosophizing. We are about to terminate an innocent being whose only fault was to stumble uninvited into our home."
"Such is the nature of life and circumstance. Were we to do nothing, the error would be ours."
"And it is not ours now? Was it not we who left the transporter on too long?"
"Point conceded. And it is we who must ensure that no Earth creature enter uninvited again."

Editorial Reviews

...grabbed my interest from the first pages..held it to the conclusion...a very enjoyable book to read...
—APHELION E-ZINE