Excerpt: Battle Against Cosmic Evil

'Come on in.' Mioke's voice rang through the closed door. She must have sensed me coming. She stood in her study looking out on the beautiful gardens in front of the building. Her house was situated on a slope rising above the sea and offered a magnificent view of the green ocean below.

'The conference is in its third day, and no nearer a resolution,' she exclaimed, dispensing entirely with the small talk. 'What's more the crisis is revealing fault-lines in our alliances that I had no idea existed. The Betelgeusians are more curious than anxious, seeing this as an opportunity to better grasp the purposes of the great cosmic lords. D'rath Toron seems to have allies amongst the Orions and Andromedans and they seem determined to do nothing.'

Mioke was like a spiritual mother to me and had been so for ages. Her radiance and wisdom was unique, even for a Pleiadian. But I could see she was exasperated and far from her usual composure.

'D'rath Toron's fumes veil and obscure the real issues. I feel it in my bones. Yet I cannot pin it down.' Suddenly she turned around and looked closely at me.

'I need you to go on a mission, Andvari.'

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