Avanaux: A Hickory Lace Adventure (Part 1 of the Prosperine Trilogy)

By PJ McDermott

AD 2179, the planet Prosperine, Eridanus Constellation, twenty light years from Earth.
Hickory Lace, recently reinstated to the rank of Commander in the Alien Corps, is assigned to investigate the mystic known as the Teacher on the alien planet, Prosperine. Ever since the world emerged from the new Dark Age, the Corps has been searching for evidence of a messiah on remote planets across the universe. The Teacher could be the one they’ve been looking for.
However, the Corps aren’t the only ones interested in Prosperine. Hickory and her team uncover a plot to overthrow the planet’s government by a rebel faction who have joined forces with a battalion of alien soldiers from the non-aligned worlds.
The prize is an incredibly rare fuel source for faster-than-light space travel. The security of Earth and its allies is at risk. Hickory's mission is to find a way to stop the aliens from succeeding and at the same time determine exactly who the Teacher is and what he represents.
Avanaux: A Hickory Lace Adventure is a metaphysical scifi adventure novel, book one of the Prosperine Trilogy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: PJ McDermott
• Release date: Jul 27, 2015
• ISBN: 9780994307118

PJ McDermott

PJ McDermott lived in Scotland until he was twenty-five, working in factories, and on building sites, and earning pocket money as a performer on the Scottish folk club circuit and pub scene. Later, as a mature-age student, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Glasgow University, met his future wife, and immigrated to Australia. He has two daughters and two seriously cheeky grandchildren. His debut novel, a coming-of age literary fiction called Small Fish Big Fish, was published under the pseudonym Jacob Carlisle and is available from on-line retailers. The Second Coming: Prelude to Avanaux covers the events leading up to the Prosperine Trilogy and is available as an e-book at no charge from Smashwords. Avanaux: A Hickory Lace Adventure is the first book in The Prosperine Trilogy and is available in print and ebook. The second in the series, Rise of the Erlachi, will be released in November 2015.