The Lives of Tao

<p><b>Goodreads Choice Finalist for Science Fiction<br> </b><br> <b>A pizza-loving slacker becomes the host of an ancient alien&#151;and a pawn in an ongoing alien war&#151;in this &#147;science fiction romp&#148; full of wit and humor (<i>Huffington Post</i>)</b><br> &#160;<br> When out-of-shape IT technician Roen woke up and started hearing voices in his head he naturally assumed he was losing it.<br><br> He wasn&#146;t.<br><br> He now has a passenger in his brain&#151;an ancient alien life-form called Tao whose race crash-landed on Earth before the first fish crawled out of the oceans. Now split into two opposing factions&#151;the peace-loving but under-represented Prophus and the savage powerful Genjix&#151;the aliens have been in a state of civil war for centuries. Both sides are searching for a way off-planet and the Genjix will sacrifice the entire human race if that&#146;s what it takes.<br><br> Meanwhile Roen is having to train to be the ultimate secret agent. Like that&#146;s going to end up well.</p>