D M Arnold: Stories

In the 23rd Century a starship named the Floran leaves Earth to seed a colony on an Earth-like planet found orbiting a nearby star only a handful of lightyears distant. During the voyage a warp drive malfunction sent them off course in space and time. They were thrown 5,000 years into the past and hundreds of lightyears distant. They succeeded in founding a colony, just not on the intended planet. In 5,000 years this colony grows into a interstellar empire. However the inhabitants of this empire require contact with Earth for plant genes to keep their food production healthy. They send specially trained agents covertly to Earth to gather this material. The series centers on Nykkyo Kyhana, such an agent sent in the final days of the 20th century for a 1 year stint. His assignment becomes complicated after he encounters and falls in love with a troubled and emotionally fragile Earth woman he discovers is a distant ancestor.