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Question: When is a squirrel not a squirrel? Answer: When it's a most unexpected form of alien visitor. Stanley Schmidt's tale of First Contact will make you smile -- and make you think.

After Bill Nordstrom's house goes up in flames, killing his wife and child, he goes on a solitary hiking trip to Alaska, trying to escape his feelings of guilt and loss. But his attempt to get away from it all puts him right in the middle of a planetary crisis when he encounters a traveler who has journeyed a much greater distance, and has likewise barely survived a terrible accident. An exciting, suspenseful and inspiring tale of danger, betrayal, and the lifesaving power of love—even love between beings from two different worlds!

“When a young adventurer rescues a squirrel-like animal from a pack of wolves in Alaska, he has no idea what he has let himself in for. The creature is an alien visitor, and his relatives are very anxious to recover him . . . . Well told. . . certainly Schmidt’s most controlled and successful novel.” —Science Fiction Chronicle