On a Beam of Light

by Gene Brewer

• ISBN13: 9780312982089
• ISBN10: 0312982089
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-18
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks

Summary

Five years to the day, almost to the second, after he disappeared from the Manhattan Psychiatric Institute, leaving his host body in a catatonic state, the being known as prot (rhymes with goat) has returned. Now, in sixteen more sessions with psychiatrist Gene Brewer, prot reveals that he has come back to escort a chosen few to his home planet, K-PAX.K-PAX is an idyllic planet free of the pain and suffering of Earth. Prot has incredible insights into how to cure that suffering, and his radical ideas have made him a celebrity. Now, legions of people are longing to follow him home.But Dr. Brewer has heard it before. Five years ago, he discovered another person buried deep in prot's personality: Robert Porter of Montana. The mystery of Robert's illness and of prot's true origins lie deep within Robert's shattered psyche. Now Dr. Brewer must race against the clock to unlock the secrets of Robert's traumatic past and not only save his patient's fate-but also that of humanity....AUTHORBIO: GENE BREWER was born and raised in Muncie, Indiana, and educated at DePauw University and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Before becoming a novelist, he studied DNA replication and cell division at several major research institutions. Dr. Brewer lives in New York City with his wife and Dalmatian.

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"Brewer's satire is usually gentle and occasionally devastating. Fans of K-Pax won't be disappointed...and neither will those coming to this skillful and creative novelist for the first time."--Booklist

"Miracles and love abound in this clever modern fairy tale."--Publishers Weekly