The Emissary: A First Contact Novel – Michael J. Edwards 


 

It wasn't the aliens she had to worry about; it was the humans.

A troubled young woman is recruited by a race of ancient alien explorers to be their emissary to save the human race from extinction. The problem is that not everyone believes the world is doomed, and not everyone trusts the aliens’ motives. Holly Burton will have to overcome opposition from world leaders, attacks by religious zealots, assassination attempts, intractable bureaucracies, and her own fears and doubts if she is to save the human race, not just from the coming apocalypse, but from itself.

She will have to become a very different person to lead a remnant of humanity into space and become the architect of a new civilization. The question is: Can she use the extraordinary knowledge and abilities given to her without losing her own humanity in the process?

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Subgenres: Dying Earth, First Contact, Hard SF, Metaphysical & Visionary

Date first published:  December 8, 2021

On Kindle Unlimited: Yes

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Website: https://www.michaejedwards.com

Biography: Michael J. Edwards is a writer living in the Pacific Northwest (USA). Having unexpectedly found himself in his seventh decade of life, he decided to retire from Boeing and become a writer of speculative fiction. The Emissary, published in late 2021, was his first novel. The Eye of Crasis, his second novel, was published June 2022. He is currently working on a sequel to The Emissary. Follow him at www.michaeljedwards.com.

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