Home Fires

En berättelse från en framtid där jorden ligger i krig med en fiende långt från solsystemet. Chelle slåss i kriget, och tidsdilatationen gör att hennes man Skip har åldrats trettio år när hon kommer hem efter ett par år. Paret åker på en återföreningsresa i Västindien och drabbas av diverse olycksöden. Home Fires är en riktig mysterieroman som bjuder på massor av överraskningar.
A young man and woman, Skip and Chelle, fall in love in college and marry, but she is enlisted in the military, there is a war on, and she must serve her tour of duty before they can settle down. But the military is fighting a war with aliens in distant solar systems, and her months in the service will be years in relative time on Earth. Chelle returns to recuperate from severe injuries, after months of service, still a young woman but not necessarily the same person, while Skip is in his forties and a wealthy businessman, but eager for her return.

Still in love (somewhat to his surprise and delight), they go on a Caribbean cruise to resume their marriage. Their vacation rapidly becomes a complex series of challenges, not the least of which are spies, aliens, and battles with pirates who capture the ship for ransom.