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Marcus Walker, a successful Chicago commodities broker, is abducted aboard an alien Vilenjji starship while transport ships carry primitive creatures to the galaxy’s civilized regions to be sold as pets. With his speech‑enhanced companion George the dog, Walker manages to escape the Vilenjji after forming an unlikely friendship with the canine. Now thousands of billions of miles from Earth, Walker marvels at the advanced alien world and the thrill of being humanity’s first galactic traveler. Yet his longing for home drives him to take up cooking for alien diners, a venture that may reveal a way back. Alongside George and their fellow escapees, he faces Vilenjji pursuit, interstellar war, and the challenge of discovering a path home.
Key themes include alien abduction, interstellar travel, culinary arts, friendship, and the search for home.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Alan Dean Foster
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