Alien Fruit

That first year was almost the end of us. Half of us took ill, many died of disease others from their weakened condition. Many of us died of exhaustion, some from suicide and some from eating native plants. The dead included many of our best and brightest. The dream of bountiful harvests, full bellies and interstellar trade died that first terrible year.
What happened to us on Newark will go down in the history of human migration as a cautionary tale. The survey parties who first explored th...