May 3, 2025
What if Edriss and Essam had discovered instant maple and ginger oatmeal before their portable Kandrona had broken down?
This is a rare one where it feels like a lovely happy ending because it resolves the war before it ever began. There are now two crazy yeerks running around on Earth, sure, but they're probably not coherent enough to plot against each other to contact the homeworld and launch an invasion. Woe to Hildy Gervais and Allison Kim (and possibly their kids), but good news for the entire rest of the planet.
