Lutor: Prophet of the New Age — Julian Hadlow

The story of Lutor portrays the progress of human evolution. Set in the late 24th and early 25th Centuries, it portrays the friction and wars between a newer form of human being, Homo Sapiens Novus, known in the story as Hoosens, who are replacing the outgoing species Homo Sapiens Sapiens, known as Hizzeys. At this period of history, the beginning of a New Age, a prophet arose called Lutor. He is ordered to eliminate the Hizzeys so that collectively the human race might evolve more quickly. The Hizzeys have reached the end of their productive life. To aid his resetting of the evolutionary clock, he is guided to find the lost power source known in the distant past as The Ark of the Covenant. The story shows Lutor as full of humanity, a man, afraid and fearful of his task, yet from somewhere finds the courage to fulfill his duty. The story combines elements of spirituality with science fiction.