Lida was the last uncolonized planet within reach, but a world-spanning fungus had colonized it first. Agetha and her husband have spent their entire lives aboard the fleet's zero-gravity vessels, and now a tumultuous time has arrived as the fleet lands, only to discover they are surrounded by a single fungal biomass covering the entire planet. To build a new home, the fleet must confront this dangerous organism, and Agetha must decide if she can raise a family in such an inhospitable landscape.

Jane Brighton holds a tenuous command over the colony and its administrators. She and the other gene-modified leaders emerged from their four-hundred-year suspended animation to find a crew quite different from the one that departed Old Earth. Jane must now direct the colony's fragile growth and defend it against being overrun by the fast-growing biomass.

However, there is something that none of the colonists know. The massive organism spanning the planet is not merely a fungal mass, nor even a chimerical combination of species that once roamed the planet. The biomass has its own desires and goals, one of which is to understand these strange beings carving out a home in its midst.

Download "Of Mycelium and Men" today to read about the colony's fate as it navigates this perilous situation. This space opera / science fiction story explores themes of colonization, alien contact, and LGBTQ+ representation, catering to an adult audience.

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