D M Arnold: Stories

A volume in the Earthbound Series
Nykkyo Kyhana is an ordinary guy: He has a boss, a job that's a grind, a wife who doesn't understand him and a high-maintenance girlfriend on the side. He just happens to hail from another planet -- one 200 lightyears from Earth and with a history that's inextricably entwined with Earth's future. He is sent to Earth to gather plants for his homeworld's agriculture. That mission becomes far from mundane when he meets a woman and realizes his civilization's survival may hinge on her fate.

A volume in the Earthbound Series
Volume 2 of the Earthbound Series: Nykkyo adjusts to life on his adopted world and living with Sukiko. Meanwhile, authorities on his homeworld begin to question the actions of his friend Andra. They believe she is aiding Lexal, a rogue colony, prepare an invasion force. Nyk is asked to travel to Lexal and bring Andra to justice. Arriving on Lexal Nyk discovers things are not as they seem, and he finds himself in the midst of a civil war. He and Andra must run for their lives.

A volume in the Earthbound Series
Volume III of the Earthbound Series: Nykkyo proposes to Sukiko and she accepts. Meanwhile, Nyk's vindictive ex-wife Senta informs homeworld authorities of his involvement with an Earth woman -- something expressly forbidden. Nyk is confined to his planet and forbidden from having contact with Suki. He searches family records from the founding days of his world and finds a document that could clear his name. However, the same document reveals that Suki has less than a year to live.