Curio Citizen

An archaeologist and her dog are abducted by aliens. Now they must find a way home.

When archaeologist Carmen O’Dwyer hears that her favorite ancient site was ravaged by wildfires, all she wants is to preserve what’s left. But the flames also unveiled a mystery. Carmen’s exploration triggers a catastrophe when she and her loyal dog, Smita, are kidnapped off-world by an alien society to be displayed as curios.

Forcing her captors, the Paz, to realize they abducted an intelligent species by mi...