Specimens by Fred Saberhagen

A wealthy suburb...an old farmhouse...a new family. New-
SPECIMENS
First, strange odors...and nightmares that stretch across Time. Images of a hideous machine dragging Indians, colonials, slaves to an ancient mound...then
a hellish light pulses from a hidden room...and suddenly Dan Post is trapped, his mind sane, but his body possessed by a galactic probe programmed to collect-
Specimens. Human specimens. Now, with no hands, no voice, locked in the ultimate prison, Dan must battle an immortal alien machine, even as it forces him to kidnap its final victims...
Dan's two children.
And his bride-to-be....

a perfect gift for that cousin who can only be described as a specimen

Condition: Good. Minor edge wear.