EMISSARY

When Wilbur Hans moves in across the street from seventy-five-year-old Prudence and her talkative macaw, no one suspects he's anything more than a friendly new neighbor. But as trust grows between Wilbur and Prudence's family, so does the truth: he is not human. He is an emissary from Astria, an ancient civilization twenty-five billion years old — and he has come to recruit.One by one, Prudence, her son James, and their extended family are drawn into a hidden universe of holographic worlds, telepathic bonds, and impossible technology. They're offered the ultimate gift: Earth 20, a pristine twin planet where the good-hearted can start life anew. But paradise comes with a price. Astria is under threat, its enemies hungry for the power that lets its people create reality itself — and only human blood, it turns out, can stand against them.Thrust from suburban Kentucky into interstellar diplomacy, Prudence's family must dive into alien oceans, face a species on the edge of extinction, and stand before the being some would call a god. What they discover will test their courage, their compassion, and their very definition of home — and earn them a destiny far greater than they ever imagined.Emissary is a warm, wonder-filled science-fiction adventure about family, sacrifice, and the quiet heroism of ordinary people called to something extraordinary.