Keepers of the Conscience

Explorers living centuries apart discover man received discreet knowledge from a hidden source. Tracing peculiar ships of unidentified origin and design, they make discoveries that influenced civilization and threaten the future. From “The Golden Age of Piracy” to the mysterious Mayans and out to the stars, this is a savory sojourn of the mind. Chris Bates finds himself prisoner of Ned Lowe, a pirate with a disfigured face whose evil nature makes Blackbeard look angelic. Given the ultimatum “serve me or die,” Chris jumps ship to swim to freedom. Soon captured and beaten, Chris accepts his fate as new ship’s surgeon. Guided by a star that streaks across the heavens and then changes direction, Lowe sails into a savage storm dooming the ship to a watery grave. Survivors reach shore and discover a massive white object and soon disappear, holding the fate of our world. . .and others in the balance.