PJ McDermott
The Alien Corps searched the galaxy for the Son of God for nearly a century. They’ve found nothing...until now.The empath Hickory Lace and her team are dispatched to the planet Prosperine to assess the latest candidate in a long line of potential messiahs.When they arrive, the team discovers a fantastic world of predatory beasts and deadly plants. To make things worse, the planet looks set to explode into a civil war that would threaten Earth’s supply of crynidium, a rare metal essential for FTL travel.If she is to succeed in her mission, Hickory must embrace the empathic gifts she was born with. Only then can she hope to stop the rebellion, discover what this alien messiah is up to, and decide whether he is a fraud-or perhaps the very person the Alien Corps has long been searching for.Purchase your copy today, and see why readers call McDermott 'a contemporary Asimov'.