My Friends, the Aliens (Paperback)

When Dr. Jack Reed, a grieving man seeking escape from Earth and himself, is accidentally abducted by a misaligned alien teleportation beam, he finds far more than the stars. He finds Tatu, a telepathic warrior from planet Skuda, who is equally surprised and increasingly intrigued by this broken human. What begins as a botched abduction becomes the seed of an interstellar bond that will ripple across galaxies.

In this sweeping sci-fi saga, friendship, family, sacrifice, and second chances shape the fate of entire worlds. Jack and Tatu, both haunted by the loss of their loved ones, develop a deeply human connection, transcending species and cultural divides. Tatu's loyal, crude, and hilarious best friend Omiddu joins the mix, bringing comic relief and a fierce protective heart. Alongside them are a rich cast of unforgettable characters: the wise and grouchy Daka Jar, the unshakable warrior Kumza, and an adorable caterpillar-child with hidden gifts named SipSip.

Each episode expands the universe, literally and emotionally.

Jack rediscovers purpose as he helps an oppressed alien tribe. Tatu and Omiddu reveal their backstory as rebels with a cause, hunted and heroic. A tragic war brews on Bode galaxy. Maya, Tatu's lost wife, presumed dead, reawakens on a mysterious jungle planet, raising their son DuDu among telepathic primates. A series of galactic events begins to converge: a rebellion, a family scattered by fate, and a war threatening to consume them all.

Volume I follows this growing ensemble as they form unlikely alliances, build a new family across space, and face threats not only from galactic tyrants, but from time itself.

In Episode X, a massive assault on Andromeda galaxy and its allies by a distant galactic empire leads to a desperate suicide mission. Tatu, Jack, and Omiddu must split up to destroy the enemy's command centers while facing certain death. The price is high, beloved mentors Daka and Kumza are presumed lost in hyperspace, sacrificing themselves to save everyone.

But the final episode reveals they survived.

Episode XI turns inward: Daka and Kumza hide in a lost planet, finding new purpose and warning the next generation. Tatu uncovers a time paradox involving his own past. Jack and Alice, now reunited, return to Earth with their children. The saga ends not with war, but with peace, introspection, and legacy.

My Friends, The Aliens is a story about belonging, brokenness, and rebuilding, in outer space and in the human soul.

It is a love letter to found family, to sacrifice that heals, and to laughter that survives even the apocalypse.

Takezo Art (Constantin Mircea Roșu) is a Romanian engineer, writer, painter, and musician, moving constantly between logic and imagination. Although trained in engineering, his creative life belongs to stories, colors, sounds, and the quiet spaces between them.

He writes when inspiration calls, drawn by moments, voices, and memories. His fiction explores inner conflicts, distant worlds, and the invisible threads that bind people together. He also composes music and paints when words fall silent. For him, writing is not merely an art, but a quiet act of resistance against forgetting who we truly are.

Susan grew up picking and chopping cotton, irrigating cotton and alfalfa fields, riding horses, and working cattle on a farm and ranch in New Mexico, USA.

By the age of 19, she had traveled around the world alone, living with residents of each country she visited, following a year as a Rotary Exchange student in Australia.

Susan received a degree in Athletic Training at NMSU and was a licensed massage therapist and Realtor. She is the mother of two and grandmother of four.

An artist, editor, lyricist, proofreader, poet, songwriter, short story writer, and screenwriter, Susan met Takezo online while playing bridge on BBO during the COVID-19 pandemic. They continue to collaborate, although they have yet to meet in person.