When the Consortium, a planetary alliance of more than a hundred non-violent, peace-loving worlds, is suddenly forced into war with the Rengrr, a race of ferocious brutes from a nearby sector, the leaders of the Consortium must find a way to rekindle their people's fighting spirit. With time running out, they recreate "the Protector," an all-powerful God from their distant past. But to do this they need someone who knows how to wield that power. Someone from outside the Consortium. Someone from Earth.Hundreds of light years away, U.S. fighter pilot Major Christian Harmon languishes in Fort Leavenworth prison, serving a life sentence for a crime he didn't commit. A wild electrical storm teleports him to an alien ship high overhead and he is thrust into an adventure of love, betrayal, and ancient alien lore that may cost billions of lives across the galaxy. Can he be the legendary "Aeros" and save them all?