Costello soon recalls his critical task - to free an alien child from the Craig Colony, which they interpret to be a prison camp, before his home world, Dagan, dispatches its “rescue armada”. Since Kelly is his only chance of discovering and completing his mission, the alien agrees. Upon recognizing Costello’s enhanced abilities and physical strength, Kelly forces the alien into the mob. All that remains of Zho’s mission plan is one phrase: “Find the one called Mike Kelly”.Ĭomplicating matters, the alien soon discovers that Kelly is, himself, the leader of a criminal gang of World War veterans, who are battling mobster Jack “Legs” Diamond for control of the lucrative Canada/New York rum-running market. Unfortunately, Zho’s new “host body” is so damaged from a decade of alcohol abuse that the alien’s memory and vital files are corrupted. Immediately following his death, Costello’s body is reanimated by the alien. Zho, is transported into the dying body of bootlegger Ryan Costello. The story follow an alien anthropologist, Tashan Zho, on a rescue mission to the distant planet Earth in 1926. A mashup of science fiction, historical fiction, and fantasy, set in New York during prohibition, the characters interact with actual historic figures, including mobster Jack “Legs” Diamond, heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey, and World War heroine Edith Cavell.
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