Pretender Author:Piers Anthony, Frances Hall The ship was doomed. The host's body was dying. The only hope was to crashland on a nearby primitive planet which, unknown to its natives, hosted a galactic observation station; a station where he could find shelter and, ultimately, rescue. But with his host's last thread of consciousness, NK-2 saw that the city he expe... more »cted lay in ruins. How could he find his fellow galactics in such chaos? How could an ancient being of pure energy survive, alone, on such a world?
Then salvation appeared in the form of a young boy, and NK-2 took his chance.
Now slave and alien inhabit the same body, and the boy has become a spear, thrust at the very heart of the great Babylonian Empire.
For NK-2's plan requires that he become a God.« 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.