The Journals of Zaleem, Part 1 (ePub)

As the result of an accident aboard their ship, Xacs Omathe, a California avocado grower, is inadvertently abducted by an alien race which has cultivated life in our galaxy and the greater universe for billions of years. He lives and travels with them for nearly three centuries, experiencing what the future may hold for the Human race.
The creation of all life on Earth was accomplished by the Aanbollth, an extraterrestrial race dedicated to the improvement and continued development of life in the Universe. They are the ultimate engineers of all organisms, great and small, on this beautiful planet known, in part, as M37CXA19B24R3.
The history of Earth and many other worlds is chronicled in the journals of Zaleem Aah Ju Amaharah Ees, Earth's gardener until his untimely death at the relatively young age of 48,373 Earth years.
Fifteen of the seventeen crewmembers aboard the ship are killed immediately, and Zaleem, the Captain, dies five days later. A moment before his death, Zaleem slips an amulet, his recorder, into Xacs's hand, saying it will provide him with safe passage.
An Aanbollth female, Oelphia, for short, is the only other long-term survivor of the accident. She becomes Xacs's life-long mentor, supporting him initially through genetic modifications and rehab, and later by finding him a job and a mate.
Xacs quickly finds that the Aanbollth brain possesses capabilities that surpass those of a powerful computer, and contains a seeming unlimited memory. With the addition of telepathic communications, their society is the ultimate wireless network.
On the ship, Oelphia creates a notebook-type computer containing all the information available on Earth at the time of Xacs's abduction. The Omac, as he names it, becomes his primary source of entertainment and mental stimulation. Later, on Aanbol, a translator program is added to the Omac to convert mutual telepathic communications.
Aanbol is a planet about ten times the diameter of Earth with a rotational rate, a rev, of twenty four and a half days, and an orbital period, a cycle, of about fifteen earth years. The planet's axis is nearly perpendicular to the orbital plane and there are no seasons. There are three moons of significant size which contribute light in varying amounts during the night. The composition of the atmosphere reflects sunlight to produce a lavender sky. The Aanbollth race has an average life span of 200,000 years.
A year and a half after arriving on Aanbol, Xacs and his mate, Sharnielle, move to a relatively remote citrus farm as managers and his adventures with life on an amazing planet blossom like the trees.
Part 1 of this series follows Xacs's life from his abduction until he has settled into a stable life on Aanbol, covering a period of nearly eight years. He has adapted to his genetic modifications, overcome several health problems, initiated a successful program to improve fruit production on the farm, and developed a satisfying relationship with Sharnielle. Oelphia has set-off on another mission in space.