Pretender Author:Piers Anthony, Frances Hall A doomed ship is forced to crash-land on a primitive planet. Unbeknownst to the natives, their planet is host to a hidden galactic observation station. But when they discover the station in ruins, the alien visitors have only one choice--to take over a native's body and make him into a god! Science fiction adventure from the creator of the N... more »ew York Times bestselling Xanth series. An an alien occupies the body of a boy during the time of the Babylonian Empire and guides him to a strange and fantastic destiny. But both the boy and the alien must beware, for other aliens have arrived on Earth--and may have plans of their own. . . .« less
I had such high hopes for this novel. But about half-way through it I started skimming the text. Hopefully, it is Piers Anthony's worst novel. But as there is a second author, I suspect Anthony didn't actually write it.