Marooned

Sixteen-year-old Zeed of Zarneega serves as an apprentice crewman aboard the spaceship Obidijeer, alongside his father, Captain Xarriff, and three other crew members. It was supposed to be a simple, year-long mission, making stops at frequently visited planets, but something unexplained occurred on one of their layovers that caused Captain Xarriff to cancel the remaining stops.On their return journey to headquarters, the Obidijeer begins to experience severe mechanical problems. The ship crashes on a nearby planet, and Zeed, protected in a sophisticated life-support machine known as a bubble pod, is the only crew member able to pick up the pieces and clear the wreckage. Now, with that task completed, all he can think about are his father's final, mysterious instructions for him: somewhere on this foreign world, find a Dr. Livingston. Unsure of whether he'll ever be rescued or if his first (and maybe last) mission was sabotaged, Zeed will quickly have to adapt to life on this planet he knows nothing about. A planet called Earth. Dori started her career as an artist, earning a degree in art in college and working as a graphic designer for a billboard company. After marrying, she spent many years as a homemaker, raising three children and helping her husband run their farm. Dori turned her love of storytelling into writing her own stories after watching her daughters and their friends collaborate on a young adult space fantasy. Inspired by their creativity, Dori began developing a sci-fi series on her own-one that has taken more than ten years to complete. Her children are now grown, but Dori still lives on a farm in South Georgia with her husband. When she's not writing, she's probably reading. She enjoys reading books of all kinds, traveling with her husband, taking walks to the pond with her dog, and spending time with her grandchildren.