The Lives of Tao

Goodreads Choice Finalist for Science Fiction; ; A pizza-loving slacker becomes the host of an ancient alien-and a pawn in an ongoing alien war-in this science fiction romp full of wit and humor (Huffington Post); ; When out-of-shape IT technician Roen woke up and started hearing voices in his head, he naturally assumed he was losing it.;; He wasn’t.;; He now has a passenger in his brain-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-the peace-loving, but under-represented Prophus, and the savage, powerful Genjix-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’s what it takes.;; Meanwhile, Roen is having to train to be the ultimate secret agent. Like that’s going to end up well.;