Velocious Evolution

<p>Dr. Steven Keene lost his dear wife three years ago to a hideous form of cancer called multiple myeloma. He has since discovered that his daughter has inherited the same disease and is near the end of her life.</p><p><br></p><p>A stranger encounters Keene on his campus at Berkeley and claims he's an alien from the Kepler system and can help him save his daughter. Like anyone with a similar encounter Keene rejects the alien's first advances but eventually hears him out.</p><p><br></p><p>Eventually Tic (the alien from Kepler) convinces Keene he can perform the miracle he's hoping for . . . but for a trade.</p><p><br></p><p>Tic's planet is in dire need of a resource we on planet earth have a great deal of: water. While Keene knows nothing about climate change or what the requirements of such a deal entails he's willing to try.</p><p><br></p><p>Keene and Tic set out on an adventure to literally save each other's worlds.</p>