Emmanuel

John Bacon grew up along the shores of Lake Champlain in the Adirondacks of northern New Champlain in the Adirondacks of northern New Champlain in the Adirondacks of northern New York. At age seventeen he dreamed of becoming a writer. He started his college education at the University of New York in Albany and finished at Adrian College in southern Michigan. After graduate school at Wayne State University in Detroit, John taught English in Farmington, Michigan for thirty-three years. He started his writing career when he retired. He has three children and six grandchildren. John resides in Florida.

EMMANUEL IS THE SEVENTH BOOK IN THE BIRTH OF THE GODS SERIES. Starship Commander Seth Okanata has a spotless record with the Mayan Space Administration. However this hush-hush journey to Earth in the Orion Belt of the galaxy turns out to be the worst of his career. They do find rich deposits of copper on planet Earth, which they plan to mine in the near future. They also save the life of a religious prophet from Nazareth in Israel. On the negative side, they are boarded by a pirate and even though they neutralize him, they are tailed by the pirate starship until they reach Jupiter. Worse than that, there's a murder onboard. Rocket Mechanic Masal Djoser dies during an EVA under very suspicious circumstances. Security Chief Alto Bucolus has three suspects, Masal Djoser's wife, Elaina, Hector Copan, the man who was with Masal during the EVA, and none other than the commander himself, Seth Okanata. What makes this worse is that the most likely suspect is Masal's wife, Elaina Djoser, and, unfortunately, Seth is falling in love with her. In the end, Security Chief Alto Bucolus saves the day by doing what is morally right.