THE PROMISE OF MELUSINE

About the Book

In our galactic neighborhood, surveyors for the Federation of Intelligent Species determined that humans are a dangerous outlier race whose violent nature and rapidly developing technology will be destabilizing to their vast ancient culture. Following an established species extinction plan, FIS agents installed mass drivers to guide large asteroid missiles toward Earth.

In The Swordfish Island Covenant French Huguenots who experienced persecution under Louis XIV agreed to burden their descendants with defending Earth over three hundred years in the future. The Promise of Melusine is the fulfillment of that agreement. Hidden from the FIS, from other humans, and ignorant of what is happening in them, the people of Swordfish Island gradually transform.

A teenage girl is the key to their activation. Lida lives in a Los Angeles suburb. She must discover her heritage and survive to find her people. Still, even if she succeeds can a hundred thousand amplified human beings have any significant impact against a culture of ten million worlds and four million space faring alien species?

About the Author

Stephen Graves is a retired L.A. City firefighter, cartographer and publisher with broad interests in science and religion. He has written training manuals, travel literature, movie scripts, essays, and documentaries. In the year 1665, The Swordfish Island Covenant begins a story of alien interaction with French Huguenots. Swordfish Island chronicles the alien human interaction between 1800 and 1950, and The Promise of Melusine carries the story forward into the 21st Century.