Exile: Episode Two in the Star Song Series

The “Star Song” series might just be space opera for people who don't normally read science fiction. Although there is drama and conflict, these tales are not just swashbuckling in outer space. Amid the fantastic and scientific elements, emotions, psychology, and spirituality of human and alien characters are major factors in the story. In this episode, “Exile”, former Commander Alkabah is rescued by enemy aliens from a lingering death in an execution pod. Because of his compassionate release of a Shirrah prisoner during the recent war, the Shirrah offer to honor Alkabah by “adopting” him into the Great Family of Shirr. The mysterious ceremony in the warship's chapel begins a strange transformation of the man who was of the last generation born on the ruined planet, Original Earth. The Shirrah warship picks up another survivor on their way to a planet where the rescued humans will live out their lives. The new arrival notices a subtle but shocking change in Temozar Alkabah's appearance.