Dryad

By Paul Lucas

Their marriage disintegrating, Kendra Ling and Mona Favre knew the expedition to the planet Kiva would be their last as both a xenobiology survey team and as spouses.

When a disaster in space maroons them on the unknown planet with almost no technology, their prospects look grim... until unexpected contact with very alien life forms completely changes everything. But will these alien 'dryads' be their salvation, or something far more sinister?

Dryad: a fantastic tale of alien contact and transformation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Paul Lucas
• Release date: Mar 29, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476251950

Paul Lucas

I grew up on the shores of Lake Erie, just a few snow drifts away from Buffalo, NY. I am a life long science fiction and fantasy fan, and avidly keep up on developments in the fields of science, technology, and ancient cultures.Currently I am a freelance writer and artist, with fifteen years of experience in the field. In 1998 I had a tabletop RPG published, and in 2005 my first novel CREATURA came out. My shorter works have seen the light of day in publications such as Strange Horizons, Afterburn, Tales of the Talisman, Fables, and others. Currently I do a lot of personal commissions and ghost writing work.

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Reviews for Dryad

[Theodore Brown · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I think there's something special about books with happy endings. We so frequently avoid happy endings so as not to make a story boring, but this book does a good job of showing how that isn't necessary at all