For years, Marcie has accompanied her archeologist mother to her various field operations. Now 17, she joins the site not as her mother's child, but as a bone fide member of the dig crew of Angel Mounds, in Indiana, once a thriving center of Native American culture. Marcie is introduced to Zeke and Lorraine, graduate students who lead her small group. She also meets Leo, a college student who holds strong views on the benefits of fracking.
Zeke and Lorraine begin to reveal to Marcie and her friends that humans are part of the Universal Energy Field, where energy comes from thoughts, and that they must help save the Earth from its inhabitants’ bad habits. Powerful corporate interests seek to develop fracking in Indiana and have a different message, however.
When Zeke and Lorraine reveal themselves to be aliens from another dimension, Marcie must decide if she will accept the burden of saving Earth from itself. Catalyst argues that pollution and human greed are slowly poisoning the Earth but that past inhabitants knew how to care for the planet.
Relationships, paranormal activities, climate change, and archeology all compete for attention. Marcie has strong opinions, but doesn’t know what to do. Leo, her romantic interest, possesses opposite views. They often talk over one another and are not really listening to the other side. The aliens guide Marcie, but she lacks agency and rarely exhibits doubts about the mission they foist on her. Leo undermines what Marcie is trying to accomplish, and yet she forgives him for mistakes that would have ended most relationships. The intriguing match of archeology and paranormal is not fully realized, but it remains an entertaining read. Readers who enjoy lightly sprinkled paranormal activities will appreciate this book.
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