Homo Sapiens experience a new mutation that includes a remnant of the Neanderthal. This new man can sense when a female is fertile, is highly intelligent and uses mind control.
When Sarah, a grounded yet adventurous young teacher, takes a quiet drive through the countryside, her journey is interrupted by a stunning, otherworldly encounter. Abducted by a dying alien race desperate to preserve their kind, Sarah is thrust into a sensual, high-stakes intergalactic experiment. As her body and mind are transformed in unimaginable ways, she must navigate the boundaries of fear, desire, and her role in the survival of a species on the brink of extinction.
The kagaijin are a race of people who share a common ancestor with modern man, but took a different evolutionary path - a stronger one, in most respects. Prince Tsuyoken is their newest king in training, but every king needs a queen, and he has his sights set on one.
Written way back in 1998 for a 'Virtual Reality' contest on alt-sex-stories, this story features a man who uses the holodeck technology from Star Trek : TNG to recreate his dead wife for one last special dinner date. Pretty much stroke.