Amazon Journey to the Rim of Space and Beyond Amazon.com/Contact-Sarahs-Landing-Book-I/dp/1594314977/ref=sr_oe_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qi Category:  Science Fiction Publisher: Write Words, Inc. ISBN-10:  1594314977 Type: Fiction Pages: 288 Copyright: Oct 9 2002 ISBN-13: 9781594314971 The peaceful setting of this New England coastal village is anything but what it seems. A 111-year-old mystery—people who vanished ten years before the new millennium—the first space-exploration starship, Earth Star-I, lost in deep space fifty-one years later—Is there a connection between these unexplained disappearances and a village situated along the rocky coast of New England, a place out of time, called Sarah's Landing? Joshua Morgan, the Astronaut/Biologist scratched from the ill-fated flight, searching for answers, is unaware his quest will take him to the far reaches of space and to an alien planet no one knew existed. Joshua's love for two different woman on world's light years apart, results in the birth of sons—siblings—one from the alien planet, one from Earth, both empowered with mind-linking capabilities.  Excerpt Three years is not a long time, but when you're trying to erase a memory it can seem forever. Sometimes, while walking across the base, the noise of a machine would startle Joshua. He would stop as if waiting for something. Other times, someone's laughter would bother him, anger him, and cause him to remember the violent churning static, the endless silence. What did happen out there in space? How could the starship disappear so completely? Joshua remembered sitting in that stark white hospital room three years ago listening, waiting throughout the night--pounding the video monitor with his fists, but there were no answers, no human voices. Now more than ever, reports upset him, especially reports of disappearances. Why, he wondered, did it bother him so much when people, he did not know, mysteriously disappeared just because they happened to be in the right place at the wrong time?

Sandy Bernstein, Editor-Sour Grapes Magazine
This sci-fi tale is a perfect blend of fantasy, mystery, and romance working together in a most seductive way. The peaceful setting of this New England coastal village is anything but what it seems. Dark forces are at work breaking down the barriers of two separate worlds. Its rich characters will draw you in as they struggle to find answers to a century old mystery they believe is a connection between our own planet and one called Theon. Sarah's Landing is the first in a four part series, and as such leaves the reader begging for more. The characters are real and complex, driven by compassion and loyalty. But where their loyalties lie is another matter. The plot is intriguing and spun in true sci-fi fashion. All the elements of a wondrous tale are here as Elena keeps the reader in suspense from beginning to end. I can't wait to read book II, The Telepaths of Theon.

Rachel Webb, Publicist and PenWomen Magazine
Sarah's Landing is the best scifi book I've read in a long time. The incorporation of an actual tragic historical event, and Bowman's disciplined use of future science and capabilities, means that the science does not get in the way of the fiction. The characters interact naturally with each other and enter into some great humorous conversations, which leads to some nice touches.Set in the year 2055, Sarah's Landing is the first in a series of four novels. Joshua Morgan is assigned by the Space Intelligence Alien Investigative Team in Houston to solve a series of seemingly unrelated disappearances of men, women and children. Morgan believes his first link to these cases is that of an experimental destroyer that temporarily disappeared in 1944. When it re-materialized, many of the crew were
beyond help, their injuries beyond belief.
Another link is the more recent disappearance of a space ship on a First Contact mission, one that Morgan himself should have joined had a viral infection not kept him on earth.
His investigations take him to Sarah's Landing, a beautiful coastal village in New England where the statistics on missing people are alarming. Despite the uncanny warnings of Alexandra, a local woman with whom Morgan has fallen in love, he finds out all too clearly what happened to those who disappeared before him.


Jackie Young, Correspondent - Westford Eagle
Even those who are not sure they are science fiction fans may be swept up in Sarah’s Landing-I, a spellbinding tale which takes the reader from the rocky shores of a small New England town to a planet in an undiscovered galaxy thousands of light years away.

The wonder of it is that the author, Elena Bowman of Chelmsford, has managed to tell the tale of astronaut/biologist Joshua Morgan so convincingly.

Her down-to-earth approach, a soaring imagination and her expertise as a software engineer are a winning combination. The kinds of experiences that her characters encounter have the ring of truth to them.

Set in the year 2055, the book centers around the hero’s attempts to solve the 111-year-old mystery of people who vanished 10 years before the new millennium, and also of the loss of the first starship, Earth Star-I which vanished 51 years later.

This fast-paced novel, which incidentally, is also a first-rate love story, will undoubtedly pull readers in. Bowman’s powers of description are second to none. Here is a book that is difficult to put down – a real page turner.