Transformations: A Novel of Human Evolution

by John Nelson

"Transformations" is a sci-fi novel about a brilliant young geneticist who wants to root out and replace the human species’ more unsavory character traits, but find himself part of an experiment by advance beings who reveal the real inner-workings of human evolution as self-transcendence. The story unfolds in a small coastal California town where an alien, disguised as a traveling salesman, passes a virus to those who pass his stress test and which triggers a process that evolves them a million years in nine months. The character undergo all of the tumultuous physical, emotional, and spiritual transitions of this precipitated evolution, and in the end must band together as one collective being to complete the process and show humanity its true potential—one that can be permanently forestalled by less farsighted scientists.

272 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 1997

About the author

I am a rather self-taught author and editor. My first novel, "Starborn" was published in 1978 by a small regional publisher, and was then picked up Hampton Roads Publishing in 1993, which subsequently published "Matrix of the Gods" (1994), republished "Transformations" (1997) and published "The Magic Mirror) in 2007, which won the COVR Best Book of the Year Award at INATS in 2008.

I was brought to L.A. by an agent in 1979 after the publication of "Starborn," which was subsequently optioned by a small-time producer for whom I wrote a screenplay adaptation, and went on to write adaptions for my other two novels for producers. One was David Field, a former studio executive who transitioned into writing screenplays ("Amazing Grace and Chuck"). In the late 1990s I also wrote a screenplay adaptation of "Matrix of the Gods" for actor/producer Steven Seagal.

After working in small publishing as an editor during the 1990s for Hampton Roads Pub, Bear & Co., and Inner Oceans, I started my own editorial service in 2003, Bookworks Ltd. I currently write my own books and edit the works of other authors under this umbrella. In May, 2016 Cosmic Egg will published my latest novel, "I, Human" in the sci-fi/visionary fiction genre.