A ‘must read’ for Sci-Fi fans.
Sacked field agent, Hickory Lace, now teaching at the Saint Philip Research Academy on Earth, is recalled to active service to investigate the volatile political situation on the strategically important world, Prosperine.
Rumors of a miracle worker are of interest to the Academy and Hickory’s superiors believe her unique empathic abilities and experience in dealing with alien cultures could prove pivotal. The rising figure known as the Teacher might be the proof the Academy has been searching for since a recent religious world war all but obliterated people's faith in a Supreme Being.
But Earth and its partners in the Intragalactic Agency aren't the only one interested in Prosperine. Hickory and her team uncover a plot by the non-aligned planets to start a revolution and seize its precious resources. The fate of many worlds is in the balance. Hickory needs to stop the rebel forces, discover what the Teacher is up to and decide whether he is a fraud—or perhaps the very person the Academy was created to find.