The Prosperine Trilogy

Near the ancient city of Hierapolis in Turkey, two paleontologists discover a box buried deep in a secret chamber. What does the box contain? The answer will take planet Earth to the brink of extinction. Born of Fire is the prelude to the acclaimed science fantasy series Prosperine. It takes place almost a century before the first book in the series The Alien Corps and deals with the cataclysmic events on planet Earth that ultimately lead to the formation of a world government and the creation of the Corps.

When the father who abandoned her as a child formally requests Hickory's release from the Alien Corps to check out the political stability on the remote planet Prosperine, she knows he's hiding something, but what? Hickory's superiors are reluctant to let her go after her last mission failed so spectacularly. But they agree on the proviso she checks out an alien spiritualist known as the teacher. They believe he could be the one referred to in an ancient prophecy discovered nearly a hundred years before.

Six months ago, Hickory discovered how to use her empathic powers to defeat an alien threat to Earth. Now, a new menace has arisen. The high-tech sword of the long dead heroine Connat-sèra-Haagar has been stolen and the rebel leader Sequana is using its ancient power to incite the northern tribes to war. The Galactic Alliance orders Hickory, Jess, and Gareth to return to Prosperine and get it back.