Abstract:
On earth, Hannah Moore continues to explore the new psychic effect. But her mind is elsewhere. Taken up by the Interdimensional Court, her body and mind are now being taken care of by a Custodian, who is fighting her fights the way she would have fought them.

Meanwhile, at Craggy Knoll General Hospital, Gail Greenwillow, undergoing neurosurgery for a brain tumor, falls into rapport with a little tentacle, and a Ridenow empath; then wakes up with a message for NASA.

First contact! If you don’t count the Ones Above, or the alien invader...