You can almost smell it! The narration is odd and not in a good way, with hints of oh so proper English crossed with Eliza Dolittle some notes of Australian, some Scottish with Simon sounding like a young gentle French actor. It's like every question you ever wanted to ask about Ice Planet males, Krinars, Grih, Kronocks, Cyborgs from Garden and New Species, but were too afraid to contemplate, answered for you in graphic detail in one book. All bodily functions and horrors of prison life happen. Gritty, no holes bared adventure/drama in post apocalyptic world, where Simon is held in the alien dept of a fetid, infested, unsanitary prison. If you are expecting a 'Laurann Dohner' style alien romance, think again. Unusual alien interaction right out of left field. Is she a fool to help him get away? And will he risk another captivity to protect her? Thanks to Gemma, for the first time in years, he can escape.Īs the hunt for Simon heats up, Gemma becomes an unintended target. Simon’s rare alien genes are just the ingredient that’s missing for breakthrough research. His only goal is to get off this miserable planet fast, for he is hunted by a scientist obsessed with perfecting the human race. Touched by his loneliness, Gemma starts nursing him back to health, dismissing rumors that he’s high-risk, ignoring the advice to let him croak. Simon is damaged, starved, and wasting away in complete isolation.

When she is reassigned to the alien ward, Gemma is nervous. Gemma McKinley works at a prison cleaning goop off the floors and serving food to inmates.

Earth is in decline, and the wealthy have fled it, leaving only the destitute citizens behind.

Homebound by lydia hope