Amour, Amour, Dear Planet!

A hard‑lived space captain returns to his ruined home world after a decade away, only to find himself drunk, disoriented, and piloting an aircar through a mist‑shrouded canyon. A sudden cliff forces him into a wild vertical maneuver, flinging him and a sleek, terrified companion high above Pike’s Peak, where they crash amid a strange, white‑robed gathering celebrating a golden sunrise.

The pair awakens to the unsettling sight of the Mohcans—an enigmatic sect born from the ashes of war, blending old religions and a fierce anti‑science, anti‑pleasure creed. As the woman urges the captain to flee the chanting crowd, the story spirals into a tense chase across a desolate mountain path, mixing dark humor with the stark reality of a planet still haunted by its past.

Caught between his own reckless bravado and the looming danger of a fanatical cult, the captain must decide whether to confront the mystery or simply survive the next perilous turn.