Innocence Of The Mind

by Tony Ruggiero

Book III of The Mind Trilogy . The test of the interstellar spacecraft of the Earth consortium is sabotaged by a technology unknown to the Earth engineers, but not to the United Council for Developing Worlds. The alien organization has maintained its secret collaboration with United States President Edward Samuel and providing the technology to the human scientists from their home base on Earth in an effort to speed up the Earth's space program. However, with the discovery of this alien intrusion—the United Council's base on Earth, and the acts of treason by the President of the United States, the Earth is poised for one final conflict that is the sole fanatical dream of the one demented alien who has orchestrated it. Young Soren Carlson, the son of the human-alien hybrids, Greg and Sarah, has discovered his new talent. He possesses the ability not only to influence the thoughts of another person, but to change them completely. If this power, or weapon, should fall into the wrong hands, it could change the balance of control in the galaxy forever for the one person who can harness the child's power. But in the hands of the right person, young Soren can save the Earth from the final conflict it now faces. It becomes a race for two life forms to see who can get to Soren first—his father, whose mind is struggling to return from a galactic void to his physical body on Earth, or the most feared alien in the galaxy, who has assumed the physical shape of someone very close to Soren...

308 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2004

About the author

Tony Ruggiero is best known for his dark fantasy thrillers about vampires being used by the US military. Ground breaking and fast paced, the novels are a characteristic mixture of the vampire lore of Anne Rice and the clandestine secrets of the military found in Tom Clancy novels. The concept led to a series of books released in 2006 through 2010, labeled the Team of Darkness Declassified Files. The books include: Operation Immortal Servitude, Operation Save the Innocent, Operation Face the Fear, and Operation Endgame.
A longtime favorite for Tony is the old style of “space opera” type stories which is the center of his two book series: Alien Deception and Alien Revelation. The series deals with an alien organization that has infiltrated the American political system. The series runs the gauntlet from humorous and light hearted to deadly serious as a young man and woman search for answers.
His latest release is Coven. Little towns and secrets: a guilty pleasure for some and a harsh reality for others. Witches have secretly been in control of the town council for years and the town has prospered...until now. As they search for the truth behind the mysterious death of one of their shop owners, they uncover disturbing secrets about an ostracized witch and their own coven leader, making it unclear which one may have been using black magic to murder.
Tony retired from the United States Navy in 2001 after twenty-three years of service. He and his family currently reside in Portsmouth, Virginia. While continuing to write, Tony teaches at Old Dominion University and Saint Leo University. Visit his website to read sample chapters at www.tonyruggiero.com