The Prometheus Objective

Where we left our heroes at the conclusion of The Tesla Objective…

Nina, Alexander, Aria and Jacob were headed to the Micronesian island of Nan Madol, following the scans of their new psychic recruits who believed the second Emerald Tablet — an artifact of immense power — had been hidden there in the ancient past.

Xavier and Caleb had been captured during a government raid on the Stargate facility. They’d been duped by a psychic soldier named Boris Zeller who had the ability to create false visions in the minds of remote viewers, fooling them at every turn. Caleb eventually found a way to turn Boris against his masters, defeat them, and save himself.

The masters… they were the so-called Custodians, who were once human but had become something more, almost completely spiritual and outside of reality. Most tended to have no interest in humanity any longer, but some remained… with other ideas.

After Orlando’s capture, they believed he could become one of them, and began the process to rip his spirit from his body. He became untethered and dangerously close to losing his identity, but still held some shred of humanity and a lingering bond… for his children and for Phoebe. When he realized they were using him to locate his children (safely hidden away after the raid), he sought to return to his body.

The world had turned on psychics after the revelation of the extent of their powers and their use in government programs. However, the true aim of their enemies wasn’t to shut down the program, but to influence Caleb and the others into believing they had no choice but to activate a worldwide defense mechanism that genius (and fellow remote viewer) Nikola Tesla had designed. An electromagnetic shield erected around the earth, intended to protect against asteroids and the like. When it was revealed that a comet was coming, one that could destroy half the life on the planet, Caleb ignored his doubts and any alternatives, and used his power to activate the shield.

In the aftermath of that fateful decision, Caleb realized he had been duped and this exact thing had been tried before, ages ago in a past civilization — to horrific effect. For the shield had a devastating side-effect: it activated the psychic gene in the entire population, transforming everyone all at once into visionaries who couldn’t control — or stop — the chaotic flood of psychic imagery.

With the world on the brink of insanity and his family in dire jeopardy, Caleb and the others must find a way to bring down the shield, stop the comet and prevent the end of all things.