Perception

Minda Blake has kept the government’s UAP secrets for too long.

Now it’s killing her.

For years she’s used her psychic skills as a remote viewer to help Blackthorn, a government black ops contractor, recover and conceal extraterrestrial debris after UFO sightings around the world. But her body has begun to rebel. The world deserves to know! Her doctor says she’s suffering from a new kind of PTSD that affects drone assassination pilots who violate their sense of “what’s right” day after day. Suicide is their common end, and she’s already contemplated it. So tonight, high on the dunes over Lake Michigan, that will stop. She will launch her scheme to reveal the truth to the world!

Everything goes according to her plan—until it doesn’t. Now she’s on the run.

While a blizzard rages across West Michigan, she’s thrown together with a total stranger, Garritt Vanderhoeven, an outcast from the area’s conservative Dutch Reformed community who is haunted by his own psychic demons. Together they search for a missing teenager whose life is in danger and a stolen artifact that imperils the world at large. What they uncover is so much…staggeringly much…more. And time is running out.

With a makeshift team that includes a mysterious mentor, a persistent farm girl, a vagabond restaurant hostess, and a posse of friends and family willing to cross cultural taboos for the right cause, they discover that their nemeses aren’t at all what’s expected. New age religion factors in, and interdimensional barriers are broken with unpredictable results. As the story twists into uncharted challenges, they’ll all need to bring their most profound skills to the forefront—including those society rejects.

Fans of Gene Roddenberry will appreciate this shockingly hopeful leap into the unknown reaches of human perception.

PRAISE for Perception:

“5 Stars: This book is an exhilarating thrill ride that seamlessly blends science fiction, suspense, and a touch of the supernatural. The protagonist, Minda Blake, is a compelling character whose psychic abilities and moral courage drive the narrative forward in unexpected ways. As she goes from being a key player in a black-ops operation to a fugitive, the stakes quickly escalate, making for an intense and captivating read.”—Aislinn Brophy, educator

 “…There are enough twists, cliffhanger chapter endings, and rich details about the Dutch Reformed community to set this gripping book apart from similar SF novels.”—Kirkus Reviews

“A fascinating science fiction story about Minda Blake who struggles to reveal the government's UAP secrets with collaborators and confronts unexpected obstacles. Time will tell whether this fantastic work of fiction is real and should be integrated into the future of science.”—Avi Loeb, bestselling author of Extraterrestrial and Interstellar; director of Harvard’s Institute for Theory and Computation and the Galileo Project

“5 Stars: I really became enthralled with the story and the characters, and the ending was quite a surprise in many ways! The characters are so richly drawn that I felt I knew them. The plot is intricate, and the details are vivid, weaving sci-fi fantasy together with real events.”—M.L. Benrubi, Photographer