Blessed by an Angel
Peter F. Hamilton
Ages 12+43 pages
Synopsis
Taken from the Manhattan in Reverse collection of short stories by Peter F. Hamilton, Blessed by an Angel is a gripping short story set in the Commonwealth Universe, and deals with advanced beings known as the Higher who, arriving on the human-colonized planet of Anagaska, seek to impose their way of life on humankind. But are their offers of immortality without a cost?