Fractured Prophecy

The alien messiah is missing, presumed dead. Will one woman's search for answers bring resurrection or destruction?(Note: This is the fifth book in the Prosperine Series. It can be enjoyed as a stand-alone adventure, but to get the full story, I recomment readers start with the Prelude, Born of Fire.)Empath Hickory Lace is grieving over the tragic loss of the being she once thought the son of God. But a tiny flicker of hope lingers and the feeling he might still be alive takes her back to the Corps for one last mission. The truths she uncovers on the Bikashi home planet ignites a fierce new purpose in her heart.A desperate sprint across an alien landscape unearths two different species being kept as slaves by their Bikashi masters. Hickory realizes she must step up and free these suffering people and plans a daring rescue. But her orders require her to find the powerful sword before the Bikashi use it to invade Earth.Hickory has a tough choice. Either she can save the innocents or find the sword and prevent her home planet being invaded by an alien warlord.Fractured Prophecy is the fourth book in the engrossing YA science fiction series, Prosperine. If you like tenacious heroines, and extra-terrestrial intrigue with spiritual and political undertones, then pick up the whole series starting with the prelude, Born of Fire. You'll find McDermott compulsive reading!