What if the best way to study God… was to become human?
She was born one of the Zaathi, a scaled and lizardlike race—cold-blooded, brilliant, and emotionally detached. But to understand Earth’s dominant species, this alien scientist is about to go all in.
Genetically reengineered into human form and dropped into a small American city, she’s here to observe, learn, and answer the most bewildering question of all: who—or what—is God?
But as she navigates the strange rituals of daily life—from awkward meals to unexpected kindness—her mission of observation begins to blur into something dangerously personal. The more she lives among humans, the less alien she feels.
A Distant Heart is a quietly profound science fiction tale about belief, identity, and what it truly means to be human.
Donna Maskell 