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Commander Alexandria Frazier heads up a crew consisting of 7 human scientists and 4 droids as NASA's first deep-space mission to search for other habitable planets in distant galaxies. Alex signed up for this mission after the death of her husband. Two years pass by for the crew of the Methuselah, but a meteor shower propels them into the future, and they are confronted with an Earth that has been ravaged by nuclear war. It is a “new” world where there are two main groups: a female dominated society, the Takuri and a male dominated society, the Xandi. The Xandi is ruled by an immortal, King Malik Ahmose. The Takuri await the return of their Queen, Alexandria the Great, who according to prophesy, will defeat their enemy.

Alex and her crew must adapt to the “new” Earth but are caught between the two warring factions. Alex, in particular, must face Malik, a dangerous man, a shape shifter with eternal life. The Xandi capture women in order to breed them for children, but Malik wants Alex for himself. When he does capture her, Alex discovers passion with the alpha male. But Alex has a lot to teach the two sides about the war between the sexes. Meanwhile, the Takuri start to believe Alex is their Queen.

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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%




Tone of book - humorous or laughable
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Time Travel: - largely forwards/future
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: - falling in love with captor
Repressive society story Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes
Who's a slave/repressed? - men are slaves

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - explorer
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Setting
Earth setting: - distant future
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a moderate amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - descript of touching personal anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - description of breasts - descript. of private male anat.
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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