Past Un-Earthed

Two teenagers meet in downtown D.C. One is human, at least he thinks. The other is from Lateo, and would never fall for a human—at least she thinks. Josh is inexplicably drawn to Mari, who is perfectly beautiful, yet perplexingly secretive. He doesn’t think twice about their “coincidental” meeting.

Yet Mari had been stalking Josh for days—she needs him, Earth’s survival needs him. While Josh struggles to confront his tragic past, filled with dead parents and moments of unexplained superhuman strength, Mari struggles with whether to love an inferior race, and how to avoid the Lateoan Agent who is trying to kidnap her back to Lateo.

Past Un-Earthed is a young adult science fiction piece that explores the tension between love and fear, and does so through the separate accounts of Josh and Mari. Can real love be obtained without suffering? Can it triumph fear as a motivator?