The Measure of the Universe

a novella by Ellen Larson
pub. Date Aug 2002
ISBN 0-9669877-4-8

A wide-eyed archeologist from Antares arrives in the Greek isles to study ancient inscriptions with a sharp-tongued professor of paleography. Blundering through the lexical labyrinth, they search for love among the runes--and find a thread of deception that spells disaster for both their planets.

Will the amiable alien reveal his semantic secrets and save the day, or will his censorious superiors throw the book at him? Will the polygraphic professor go through with her covert capers or will she see the light? Fire up your universal translators, it's...

Prometheus, Bloodied but Unbound!

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