Jumping through time to escape the genocide on his home planet, Scorpio lands on Earth in 1351, finding an ally in the Leah de Bernay, a beautiful young woman with her own enemies, as they flee from the vicious Hunters who drove Scorpio from his own world and now seek to seize the glowing orb of power that brought him to Earth. Cover art by John Jude Palencar

The Epic Saga of an Alien Trapped in Medieval Times “Wonderful! Intriguingly worked out characters. I’m eager for Scorpio’s next adventure.”—Bruce Coville A Journey Through Time and Space Fleeing his home planet, Scorpio traveled through time, only to find new dangers on the strange world called Earth! The alien Scorpio escaped the violence of his home planet—but the vengeful Hunters were fast on his trail, Fleeing medieval France, Scorpio and his earthling friend Leah jump through time to Elizabethan London, only to be thrust into a perilous world of intrigue and sorcery. As they search for clues to the secret of the glowing orb that carried them to England, they enlist the help of Queen Elizabeth’s astrologer. Then Leah is drawn into the dark and seamy streets of London and Scorpio is swept away by the dazzling deceptions of Queen Elizabeth’s court. The enigma of the orb is nearly solved—until the unthinkable happens. The bloodthirsty Hunters have returned. They intend to murder Scorpio and take the orb back to their planet. Then, at last, they can achieve their ultimate goal—the complete annihilation of Scorpio’s race!

The Epic Saga of an Alien Trapped in Medieval Times “Wonderful! Intriguingly worked out characters. I’m eager for Scorpio’s next adventure.”—Bruce Coville No Time Like The Twentieth Century Savage Hunters are tracking the alien known as Scorpio. The chase has crossed two planets and thousands of years, and the Hunters are finally caching up. In a last, desperate gamble, Scorpio flees blindly through time with his only ally, a human girl named Leah. Scorpio and Leah find themselves in Russia on the eve of revolution. Unfortunately, the trip damaged their time-traveling orb—its powers are gone. Stranded, they must find the only person who can a brilliant scientist whose mentor was Albert Einstein. Time is of the essence. Russia is about to explode in the blood and violence of revolution, and nobody is safe. With the Hunters on his tail, Scorpio needs the orb if he’s to save his friends, his people—and himself.

With the aid of a time machine, an alien named Scorpio embarks on a perilous search through Earth's history for the technology that will save his own world

His mission nearly complete, a time-traveling alien returns from his trips to such times and places as medieval France and revolutionary Russia to find the residents of his native Terrapin enslaved by an alien race. Original.

Scorpio and his beautiful companion, Leah de Bernay, must travel to the vVos homeworld in order to retrieve the one thousand Terrapin children who have been brought there against their will. Reprint.

Not In Kansas by Kansas author Janet Fox leaves the Midwest far behind. Ride with Scorpia into a land of demon lovers. Learn how Tenponies can transform himself into a crow. Visit a garage sale where you can buy a mate for life. Meet "The Man Who Played Monsters" and break the "Time Barrier." Janet Fox's stories and poems have appeared in many publications, including The Twilight Zone, Year's Best Fantasy, Year's Best Horror, and Weird Tales. Under the pseudonymn Alex McDonough, she has published five novels in the Scorpio series from Berkeley/Ace. Richly illustrated by award-winning artist Allen Koszowski and introduced by A.R. Morlan, Not In Kansas brings together seven stories and twenty poems, all previously uncollected.