Panda Bears From Mars

No one expected Earth to be destroyed by panda bears in a fit of pique. On the other hand, the panda-like Dahk’t Melanti who crashed their starship in ancient China hadn’t expected their rescue to take 2,000 years while they were hunted for their pelts and displayed in zoos. Unfortunately for the survivors’ descendants, a pawful of annoying humans stands in the way of their successful inter- stellar recovery. As for the humans, former cop Charlene “Charlie” Masters thought a career as a veterinarian would be less likely to get her shot or blown up, while allowing her more time to write. Instead, she’s stalked by paranoid, egocentric SF author Richard Allison who claims aliens killed his dog. Then Charlie’s clinic is shot up by lying, beer drinking, bacon-loving extraterrestrial pandas who learned English from watching Netflix, and her sister is kidnapped and tortured for discovering the aliens are about to destroy civilization as we know it. Now Charlie and Allison have less than forty-eight hours to save the world—without Starfleet, deep-core drillers, or the Force. But, fortunately, they’re science fiction writers. Who better to save the planet?