There is more romance than overt sex in this book, but it doesn't suffer from the fact. (Really, there's an allure to the idea of unconditional love and devotion, isn't there?) The cover of the book warns that it contains graphic sexual content and violence, but both were minimal in my opinion. It was a good read simply simply from a science fiction standpoint, and the romance element was a bonus. The premise was original, the plot was well executed and engrossing, and the characters interesting and appealing. I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked up this book, but I was very pleasantly surprised. Now, he must convince Sarah to stay w/ him. It is shocking to find himself attached to an Earth woman, but he decides to give the relationship a chance. It was widely believed that he was now immune to attachment and would never wed again. After the death of his wife and child in the war, Garran had been mired in grief and was unable to attach to any of the Gaian women in the marriage meets he participated in. Garran Doranth is as horrified as Sarah by this unexpected turn of events.
The decision isn't as cut and dried as she would have initially imagined as information about Gaia, the Earth government, and the war begins to come to light. Now, she must decide if she will become the lifelong mate of the one man she despises. Doranth for the first time, he attaches to her. The situation becomes even more complex when, upon meeting Gen. Sarah's distress becomes even more acute when she learns that her group is being held by none other than the infamous Gen. Sarah has been unable to overcome her loss, or her dislike of the Gaians who caused it. All of Earth learned of the tragedy through the oft-played video of Gaian General Garran Doranth gloating to Earth authorities about the incident. Her best friend Karen was a doctor on a hospital ship that was destroyed by the Gaians at the start of the war. Sarah Johnson is especially disturbed by this turn of events.
Any woman not agreeing to the offer has the option to return to Earth or proceed to the Outer Colonies as originally planned. The victorious Gaians have secretly won a concession from the Earth government to offer Earth women the choice to mate w/ Gaian men. This shortage is especially problemmatic because Gaian men cannot become sexually active until they "attach"-or form a unique, lifelong bond-to one woman. The war w/ Earth has resulted in a shortage of available Gaian women. On the journey, however, the Earth transport is hijacked by the Gaians.
Sarah Johnson is one of many women who decide to start new lives-as the futuristic equivalent of mail order brides-in the Outer Colonies. Economic, environmental, and social woes are made even worse by Earth's recent loss in the war against the former colony of Gaia. The Earth of the future is not an idyllic place.
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