The Blind Alien -- The Beta Earth Chronicles: Book One

By: Wesley Britton

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Synopsis: Young professor Malcolm Renbourn is captured in a scientific experiment that drags him across the multi-verse from his home planet, Alpha earth. Blinded in the capture, Malcolm tries to adapt to a new world where he understands nothing he experiences. After being a prisoner in a slave-holding country, he escapes to freedom, but learns his trials have just begun on a planet where an ancient plague kills three out of four male babies their first year. He meets the first of his wives—Lorei, the prophetess of the goddess Olos, her simple sister Elsbeth, the blue-skin Bar Tine, the towering Joline, and Doret, a mutant offspring of a failed genetic experiment. Together Tribe Renbourn battles a planet hoping Malcolm’s genetics carry the cure to the plague before a monstrous disaster strikes Bergarten, the city where Malcolm Renbourn’s second life began. And in Balnakin, the blame for the disaster is placed on one blind alien. “The Blind Alien is a story with a highly original concept, fascinating characters, and not-too-subtle but truthful allegories. Don’t let the sci-fi label or alternate Earth setting fool you--this is a compelling and contemporarily relevant story about race, sex, and social classes.” --Raymond Benson, Former James Bond novelist and author of the Black Stiletto books