MR. Keeble Comes Calling — Mark Costello

This fictional work tells the story of Jake, a very self-deprecating and incredibly hesitant hero, who eventually comes good. The book begins with Jake setting the context for his long tale, a story of his personal development, through adversity. Drawn into a nether world of life, death, love and loss, he finds himself fighting to unravel the secrets of an alien race that hold the very key to life on earth, along with the simple task of trying to save the man who double crossed him, for love.