THE ATLAN CHRONICLES

Having failed in their attempt to accelerate the culture and technology of an Early Bronze Age civilization on Earth, the atLan are about to return to their home planet – but not before annihilating every vestige of their presence with fearsome weaponry. Tahryn, one of their most promising protégés, regrets their departure, since it will mean an end to a forbidden relationship with an atLan woman. In the story, as narrated by Tahryn many years later, he ponders where his destiny will lie: with the woman he loves, but cannot have, or with the one he has, but cannot love. When a rebel atLan faction seeks to remain by destroying the rest, Tahryn finds his life at risk, caught up in a cataclysmic struggle between warring aliens that will lead him to his destiny.