Dr. Monica Perry signed on for a risky First Contact mission knowing she was leaving everyone and everything she'd known on Earth behind. Now, successful and almost home, she and the rest of the crew discover that they don't know what to expect of "home" when they get there.
A hard science fiction story about long-duration space travel, it is also a story about a woman who goes to the very extremes to escape her relationship with an abusive and powerful politician.
Originally published in the anthology When the Hero Comes Home (Dragon Moon Press, 2011), this re-release of "Keeping Time" includes expanded content.