Dreamchild

by Jeffry P. Lindsay and Hilary Hemingway

(1998)

Publisher: Forge

Half-alien and half-human, five-year-old Max had been conceived while his mother was the victim of an alien abduction, and now that the government has become aware of his existence, he may not survive long enough to fulfill his purpose on Earth.

Five-year-old Max is a unique hybrid of human and alien, conceived to a mother who was a victim of an alien abduction. He is the only link of understanding between humans and aliens on Earth and the only one who can tell Earth’s future. Now that the government has discovered his powerful connection to the aliens, will Max survive long enough to fulfill his purpose? Written by the niece of Ernest Hemingway.

Max is not your usual five-year-old boy. Unable to speak, shy and strange, he was conceived while his mother was the victim of an alien abduction. Max is a unique being: a hybrid of human and alien.

He carries the fate of all mankind in his tiny hands. And now that the government has discovered his powerful connection to the aliens, will Max survive long enough to fulfill his purpose–for either side?

This has all the elements of a standard alien abduction/invasion story: military conspiracies, suppressed memories, an alien-hybrid baby, scientific and archaeological discoveries, secret underground facilities, etc. Recommended for hardcore fans of science-fiction. It is a very different book from the Dexter series.