Exile

"Exile" by H. B. Fyfe is a science fiction story unfolding in an era captivated by space travel and alien worlds. It explores themes of isolation and cross-cultural understanding through the eyes of George Kinton, a Terran who finds himself the lone survivor of a rocket crash on the alien planet Tepokt. For a decade, Kinton lives amongst the Tepoktans, bridging the gap between his human roots and their unique culture as he serves as both scholar and teacher. His quiet life is shattered by the arrival of another Terran, Al Birken, whose suspicious behavior and violent actions shake Kinton's faith in humanity and threaten the peaceful world he has created with the Tepoktans, leading to a final confrontation.