AD 2179, the planet Prosperine, twenty light years from Earth.Since the discovery of a stone burial box in Hierapolis, Turkey eighty-four years before, the Alien Corps has been searching for an interstellar messiah, without success. Until now.Hickory Lace, recently reinstated to the rank of commander, is assigned to investigate the rising figure known as the Teacher on the frontier world, Prosperine. The Teacher may well be the one the Corps has been looking for.But Earth isn't the only planet interested in Prosperine. Hickory and her team discover a plot by the non-aligned worlds to seize the planet’s precious resources. At stake is an incredibly rare fuel source for faster-than-light space travel and the security of Earth and its allies.Hickory must find a way to stop the aliens from succeeding and at the same time determine exactly who the mysterious Teacher is and what he represents.Avanaux: A Hickory Lace Adventure is a science fiction adventure novel, book one of the Prosperine Trilogy.