SOPHA (Jim Able: Offworld Book 2)

Each First Contact is tricky; there's a lot of money at stake

So it's odd when an alien from a new race really doesn’t want to make contact at all—much preferring to quietly go shopping. Jim Able has to find out who this alien calling himself "Edward of Turcania" really is.

Jim enlists the help of Turcanian professor and TV personality, Madhar Nect. She introduces him to the divisive religious minority that Edward, whose real name is Sopha, belongs to.

Jim lies to secure his interview with the elusive Sopha. Though they connect through a powerful religious ceremony, Sopha is the one person he should never have lied to.

Can Jim still seize success from his rapidly failing mission?

What price will he, and the people of TMV-II, pay for his deception as the deep societal fractures of this world erupt?

SOPHA is the second episode of Jim Able: Offworld. - short reads of 10 to 15K words. This sometimes humorous, sometimes deep adventure spans four episodes starting with ABLE