Choices

The human species is evolving. The first of the successors to the old species have had to make some hard choices, and trouble between the old and the new is coming.What will the successors choose to do when threats arise from more than one direction?There's the issue of the old alien enemy that wants to destroy them and Earth. The only hope of eliminating that menace lies with Bob, who lives on Pond, a world in a different dimension.Some are trying to eliminate them, not understanding that this won't stop the genetic changes in humans that began thousands of years ago. Others want to use them for their own purposes, and with their families being threatened, they have to ensure their safety.Meanwhile, as more come forward, fear and prejudice against them run high, so the first successors work to find all the new humans and initiate the psychic abilities in them that will offer some protection.It's a tough job for these peace-loving teenagers, but they don't have a choice. If they don't succeed, in a few generations, all Homo sapiens, including the new psychic variety, will be extinct. P.B. Cannon was born and raised in Charlotte, NC, and though she has visited other cities and states, she has a preference for Charlotte and expects to live there for the rest of her life.She is a teller of tales who enjoys concocting yarns of science fiction, fantasy, paranormal, and other stuff. She relishes reading, drawing and painting, walking, working crossword puzzles, and she likes to dance.She is a retired electronics technician and admits to having worked at a variety of other jobs during her life, including being a dishwasher, a busgirl, a housemaid, a motel/hotel maid, working in a fast-food joint, a telephone operator, and a store clerk. There have been other, even-less-glamorous jobs.She also daydreams a lot. In the not too distant future, Shane, Evelyn, Connor, and Valerie, who, though they are non-siblings, are born bound together by a connection only they have. They also share Anotrothe, someone that only they can see who, as it turns out, is not imaginary. Eventually, he becomes visible to everyone, though only the four friends know he's their former invisible friend. He tells them they have special abilities that they need to learn to use because they will have to help him save Earth. He promises to teach them and when they are older and in college, he does, though his method is not... orthodox. Eventually, they learn that they have the special abilities because they simply are doing what all species do: evolving. This is the tale of the first of the new humans, the successors, and how they save the world.