The Light-years Beneath My Feet (The Taken Trilogy)

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Foster is in top form here entertainingly mixing politics comedy and intriguing alien anthropology.Booklist Abducted by aliens to be sold as pets in a more civilized part of the galaxy earthlings Marcus Walker and a scruffy dog named George (speech-enhanced to increase his market value) have managed to escape their captors. Walker loves being humankinds first galactic traveleruntil he remembers he hasnt a clue where home is or how to get there. So the erstwhile commodities broker becomes a chef whipping up delicacies for demanding alien palates. Of course he never imagined that the way back to Chicago would involve swapping his easy-living adopted planet for an all-out age-old war many parsecs away. But hey its all for a good cause he has George and their two fellow escapees for company and what else is there to do besides avoid nasty aliens? Plenty as it turns out. An enjoyable read . . . Fosters writing is smooth and his characters engaging.SFReader Sometimes humorous sometimes serious and always entertaining.Library Journal