Publisher's Synopsis
Spending forty years in a cryo-stasis pod is not Bobby Porter's idea of a good time. Not his fault he got left behind on that blasted asteroid ship. And waking up in the arms of aliens, the only human on a ship once filled with humans (no one told him the blasted pods recycled everything), could've been a real nightmare. Especially for a second-rate systems tech with only one real gift: the gift of gab-complete with the ability to pick up new languages in a flash. But Bobby makes the best of a bad situation and ends up with a pretty good deal.Until the aliens decide to give humanity a chance to join their alliance, and the universe as Bobby knows it disintegrates around him. Seems there's a couple more players in this game of space chess: an arrogant CEO who knows he's humanity's savior and an alien empire (not Bobby's aliens-real alien aliens) determined to dominate mankind-or exterminate the entire human species.Surprising to Bobby and everyone who knows him, the systems tech finds himself holding the key to humanity's survival. One question stands out above all others: Can he find the "door" the key unlocks before the bad guys, aka mean, nasty aliens, find him?
