Unity

UNITY is a big Sci-Fi novel about an extraterrestrial encounter that makes a seemingly unremarkable person the most powerful man on the face of the earth—a transformation that is not without dramatic consequences.  With the help of an extraterrestrial contact and the use of an alien spaceship Tom Pederson begins improving life for humanity by subtly altering the global economy with new technology.  Of course big corporations, politicians and governments immediately try to shut him down but Tom's friends—earthly and otherwise—help him out-maneuver the bad guys and (whether he likes it or not) finds himself rising higher and higher in the world order.  This is a sweeping tale of power, adventure, love and romance, marking the debut of a major new storytelling talent in Ken Kephart.  Unity takes the reader on the journey of a man who does not want to be powerful becomes the most powerful—and what happens when the love of his life chooses not to follow.  Reminiscent at times of the 1951 Sci-Fi film "The Day the Earth Stood Still", Kephart's novel captures thought-provoking concepts about human fulfillment, scientific adventure, intelligent alien world civilizations and the direction of humanity's future. Unity is the place where contact between humanity and extraterrestrial intelligence cannot be ignored.