Messengers of an Alien God

The small, backwoods town of Creedance, Missouri, finds itself host to a gargantuan crashed alien saucer and its crew, which happen to resemble Old-Testament angels, beautiful but amorphous creatures who claim no knowledge of any Earth religion.Coincidental with the crash of the alien saucer, something has knocked all electronic devices, including radios, televisions, car-ignition systems, most telephone systems, power-plant control computers and even digital watches, and of course Internet connections.The destruction of electronic devices is countrywide, perhaps worldwide. Creedance, because of its rural setting, was isolated before the loss of contact with the outside world and conspiracy theories abound. But local residents are missing. As some begin turning up sexually mutilated or disappearing, a few citizens begin wondering why they have accepted the angels and the official account of the state of emergency at face value. They form an uneasy alliance to discover the truth behind the angel's gentle facades. The citizens' alliance includes:—Sheriff John Wright, right-wing lawman with marital problems.—Uncle Robert Jacobsen, resident savant, polyglot, bibliophile and possibly a borderline schizophrenic.—Sophia Blackstone, muralist, common-law wife to Uncle Robert, and one of the few educated Afro-Americans in town.—Bryan Douglas, one-time philosophy major, one-time English major, one-time journalism major and college dropout, currently a career woodcutter.—Laura Jacobsen, Uncle Robert's sexually manipulative niece.—Doctor Charles Jenkins, reformed alcoholic and country doctor.As more residents disappear, the alliance finds clues to the true Lovecraftian nature of the angels. What they learn is a shock to all concerned, including the angels.

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