The Helverti Invasion
 MYSTIC
EARTH WARRIORS
VS. ALIEN CULTS OF CHAOS
After a global war had crippled Earth's
civilization, lizard-like aliens had thought they would have no trouble in
moving in and taking over. That was a big mistakesecret galactic agents
had been training the mystic warriors of Earth to defend themselves
against just such a power grab. The alien sociopaths had expected the
low-tech humans to be easy pickings, but instead they found they had
stumbled into a buzz saw, and were soon driven off.
Luis Raoul DenUyl had been only a young recruit in
the warrior brotherhood, but still played a pivotal role in what some
called The Lizard War. Now, years later, he has just completed his
trainingand not a moment too soon. The Helverti, furry but definitely not
cute aliens, were members of a cult that revered chaos and tried to spread
it throughout the galaxy. To that end, they plan to plunge the different
tribes of humanity into war. It's mystic warriors vs. alien technology
and the Earthlings are not as weak as they appear....
"A polished and inventive writer." Spider Robinson
"An outstanding science fiction novelist." Rave Reviews
"... will keep the reader guessingand turning pagesto the very end."
West Coast Review of Books
Further Background:
On September 1, 1983, a South Korean airliner was
shot down by a Soviet fighter plane, killing 269 people. At a point when
Earth was already being studied by an advanced space civilization the
resulting events gave rise to an alternate time line. Consequences of that
singular event captured the attention of the alien's Cultural Oversight
Bureau, and also, after a time, of some sociopathic chaos cults. It also
gave rise to a Zen-like warrior brotherhood known as the Order of Saint
Higuchi.
Cover art by Bob Eggleton
Interior map by Randy Asplund
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