Sci-fi romance Author Cara Bristol interviewed the hero of ESCAPE CLAUSE (Cosmic Mates 1), Governor-General Krogan of planet Caradonia. Cara Bristol: Thank you for meeting with me today, Governor-General. The galaxy is abuzz about the Cosmic Mates interplanetary matchmaking program you started. Krogan: Please, call me Krogan. Caradonia started the program out of necessity. A nano-virus brought to our planet from another world devastated our population. All our women of childbearing age were afflicted. Half of them died. The survivors are now in stasis while we try to develop a cure. But even if all the women survive, we may not have enough females to ensure the survival of our species. So, Cosmic Mates will bring in alien women. Cara: I’m so sorry. That’s devastating. How has the program been working out? Krogan: It hasn’t been. The men aren’t signing up. We had identified five species who are biologically compatible, but they look so alien, the men aren’t attracted to them. My vice governor-general identified another alien species, humans, from Terra Nova who are more similar. They’re not blue-skinned like us—they’re rather blah, ranging from beige to brown, but they have two arms, two legs, similar facial features. We’re…

