Contact — Michael Townsend

It's the 25th century, and the human race has begun to establish colonies outside the solar system. The first colony planet, Destiny, turns out to be inhabited by a primitive but remarkably human-like alien race, with astonishing paranormal powers and a deep secret. Nevertheless, the Earth people establish their colony, but must defend themselves against an attack by a hostile native faction. Eventually the colony ship returns to Earth for another load of colonists, bringing with it several Destiny natives, whose paranormal abilities are at first denounced as fraudulent by Earth's scientific and religious authorities. On its way back to the colony, the colony ship is intercepted by a second alien race; in the ensuing battle, the deep secret of the colony planet's natives is revealed.