Defender of the Flame

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Starship pilot Terry Radnor's life is transformed by the discovery that he possesses psi powers such as ESP, and that others are working to spread them throughout the worlds of humankind. But this means danger. Most people don't want to know that "paranormal" powers exist; they have a deep innate fear having to admit that their conception of reality is false. And some will go to any lengths to suppress their emergence. A few will even resort to terrorism. Terry vows to defend the world that is spearheading the spread of new human capabilties, a world where for the first time in his life he has found happiness. He has no idea of how far that aim will take him from everything else he cares about--his promising career as a Fleet officer, his wife and soulmate, his unborn child. Torn away against his will, he is forced into exile from all that has previously mattered to him, seeing no chance to fulfill the commitment he has made. Yet a mysterious and extraordinary destiny has been predicted for Terry, and fate leads him to an even stranger one than anybody could have imagined. This is the first book in the Rising Flame series. Although it follows the two books in the Hidden Flame series, Stewards of the Flame and Promise of the Flame, it is an independent story set two hundred years later that doesn't depend on having read them.