They lock the humans in a prison called the Polorjx, overseen by the temperamental Akekkjij Moasirj, who subjects them to interrogations and torture. The kidnappers are Morleisx, extraterrestrials from light-years away with multiple arms and belligerent attitudes. In Nguyen’s SF debut novel, aliens abduct various earthlings and confine them to a distant prison, where they endure various physical and psychological torments.Īs the story opens, a Saturn-shaped UFO suddenly appears over near-future Earth and abducts numerous prisoners.
