Offspring: Stowaway's Next Generations

by Bill Wilson

Does a bout of morning sickness cause it? Birthday candles she can’t blow out? In Bill Wilson’s sequel to Stowaway, Caitlyn’s 29th birthday party in 2037 pauses as her consciousness vaults eighty-five years ahead into future great-granddaughter Felicia’s mind. And, oh yes, Felicia’s also turning 29 in 2122 – aboard Centaur, Earth’s first starship. On a wild ride through time and space, these offspring from Stowaway live and relive family history across four generations. Can Caitlyn aid feisty, impulsive Felicia in her role as ship’s historian? Will they each come to terms with family events and relationships across time, and will they deliver on the near-impossible promise to Felicia’s aging father?

By meeting across generations, Felicia and Caitlyn weave real-time genealogy into the fabric of this novel do what family history buffs would envy -- the chance to actually meet their ancestors and descendants. In the tradition of Stowaway, the author has created another character-driven story, as much about family tragedies and triumphs as travel from mind to mind or through time and space.

246 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 3, 2013

Reviews

[Victory Crayne · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got about 3 pages out of 145 pages when I realized I didn't like it. The protagonist had no idea how he got where he was (inside someone else's head) and was not a responsible character, hence the title "Stowaway". I didn't like him right off.