Melanie Mooney is an EMT in rural Indiana when she comes across an unusual accident scene while going home after a shift. Thinking it a downed experimental military jet, and being who she is, she renders aid to those inside. They prove to be space aliens straight out of a supermarket tabloid.
“Interstellar Medic: The Long Run,” by Patrick Chiles, opens as Melanie helps those inside a crashed “flying saucer.” It leads to an unusual job offer: to join the Galactic Union Medical Corps.
