“His long hair now did nothing to hide the pure gold strands no one could mistake for a mere human blond, braided back to reveal the gentle tips of his ears and the hint of gills below his ear lobes.”

Twenty years ago, politicians used the threat of non-human life as a political ploy to avert widespread discontent – and were taught that aliens do exist. And these aliens were not pleased. What humanity had thought were witches and vampires, elves and brownies turned out to be visitors from other planets and their governments demanded justice.