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Finding Friends
—character-driven, hard science fiction with a heart—
—the epic finale to a globe-spanning, first contact story of aliens, AIs, and humans—
As the alien arkship nears Earth, plans for good and evil reach their climax.
At sea, Interstellar Ambassador Miharu and her friends battle typhoon winds and North Korean assassins. But Miharu’s deadliest enemy may be her own wounded heart. In space, a Chinese taikonaut defies orders. UN Secretary-General Pirez fights to celebrate alien law and generosity. The hearts, values, and loyalties of humans, aliens, and AIs alike are laid bare.
If you loved the one-two punch of high stakes and humor in The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi, and the deeply satisfying emotional conclusion of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers, you don’t want to miss this heart-warming finale to the Interstellar Refugees trilogy.
—the epic finale to a globe-spanning, first contact story of aliens, AIs, and humans—
As the alien arkship nears Earth, plans for good and evil reach their climax.
At sea, Interstellar Ambassador Miharu and her friends battle typhoon winds and North Korean assassins. But Miharu’s deadliest enemy may be her own wounded heart. In space, a Chinese taikonaut defies orders. UN Secretary-General Pirez fights to celebrate alien law and generosity. The hearts, values, and loyalties of humans, aliens, and AIs alike are laid bare.
If you loved the one-two punch of high stakes and humor in The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi, and the deeply satisfying emotional conclusion of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers, you don’t want to miss this heart-warming finale to the Interstellar Refugees trilogy.
305 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 30, 2025
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About the author
Daniel Ellrick
9 books1 followerDaniel Ellrick grew up on a Missouri farm, which gifted him with mud between his toes, a talent for spotting morel mushrooms hiding among fallen oak leaves, and basic life skills like milking cows, shucking corn, and cleaning fish. Farm life teaches the value of hard work, and Dan added sales and fry cook jobs to his resume by the age of fourteen. Heinlein, Asimov, Clarke, Herbert, and Niven were among his faithful companions by night and by day.
A series of entirely too probable events led Dan into the Marine Corps for a twenty-year career of repairing radar jammers, telling fighter pilots where to go, and enduring meetings with defense contractors about real and vaporware systems they were intent on selling to the government. In repeated and possibly misguided attempts to make Dan smarter, Uncle Sam sent him to school often, enabling him to get, among other things, bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering (Purdue University and Naval Postgraduate School).
A highly improbable series of events led Dan to faith in Christ and eventually to Japan as a Christian missionary, where he and his wife, Karen, continue to serve. Dan’s favorite things include cooking for friends, playing board games with his lovely and brilliant wife of four decades, wandering mountain paths, and diving in the sea. Not to mention making things up and writing them down.
At the excellent age of sixty and in accordance with Japanese custom, Dan started something new: writing books.
The Interstellar Refugees trilogy tells a first contact story like no other. Check it out.
Dialing Earth
Acting Human
Finding Friends
A series of entirely too probable events led Dan into the Marine Corps for a twenty-year career of repairing radar jammers, telling fighter pilots where to go, and enduring meetings with defense contractors about real and vaporware systems they were intent on selling to the government. In repeated and possibly misguided attempts to make Dan smarter, Uncle Sam sent him to school often, enabling him to get, among other things, bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering (Purdue University and Naval Postgraduate School).
A highly improbable series of events led Dan to faith in Christ and eventually to Japan as a Christian missionary, where he and his wife, Karen, continue to serve. Dan’s favorite things include cooking for friends, playing board games with his lovely and brilliant wife of four decades, wandering mountain paths, and diving in the sea. Not to mention making things up and writing them down.
At the excellent age of sixty and in accordance with Japanese custom, Dan started something new: writing books.
The Interstellar Refugees trilogy tells a first contact story like no other. Check it out.
Dialing Earth
Acting Human
Finding Friends
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January 24, 2026
I teared up a bit when Miharu finally got to meet the Teewuns. I just want to meet aliens so badly, and the Teewuns would make great neighbours on Earth (I want to try all their mushroom based foods too).
January 24, 2026
Good ending to good story
Enjoyed the series, gave good lessons to be remembered. Some new ideas to be pursued later. Thank you for the journey.
Enjoyed the series, gave good lessons to be remembered. Some new ideas to be pursued later. Thank you for the journey.
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