The Beginning

The Taman Chronicles continue with a story of a group of miners from this advanced civilization. Their adventures begin as they become involved with the problems of a people indigenous to the treasure planet known as earth. The Beginning is the story of what should be a simple mining operation. Their leader has no intention of exposing his crew to the daily problems associated with the people of earth. But an attack on the family of a veteran of the Civil War leads to Taman involvement. Spanning over 100 years, the crew of this Taman saucer will meet a newspaper reporter, her photographer, and the American military to defend earth from a warring race known as the Colar. Two members of the Taman mining crew will find a friend and ally within the journalist. This woman, who would be young in the '50’s, but seasoned in the '90’s, will visit the Taman homeworld with her fiancé. She will learn as much about herself as she will from her hosts, and unknowingly help protect not only her family but her native earth.