Retired priest pens science fiction book
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PARKERSBURG -- A retired priest from Fleming has written his first book.
"An Angel for Aliens" is a science fiction thriller by Father Robert Gallagher, who retired as the pastor at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Little Hocking.
"It's a little mixture of sci-fi, a little mixture of theology," Gallagher said.
"An Angel for Aliens" is about Lee Andrews, a physics teacher who quits at the request of the Vatican and goes to work for a TV show, "Alien Encounters." After multiple encounters with sinister beings from another world, the team meets an unfriendly alien.
An artificial intelligence gets involved to help resolve the conflict, Gallagher said.
Artificial intelligence isn't always evil, according to Gallagher.
Gallagher started planning and writing "An Angel for Aliens" after he retired about a year ago from the church where he served for 14 years.
"I've always been a fan of sci fi," he said.
He started writing about six months ago.
"The words kind of just flowed," Gallagher said.
He was an Air Force chaplain and taught high school and college prior to the Air Force. Some military experience shows in the book, too, Gallagher said.
Gallagher also is planning a sequel to "An Angel for Aliens."
"An Angel for Aliens" was published through Amazon and is available at Amazon for $15.99 for the hardcover and $10.99 for paperback. The Kindle version is $3.99.
The book is 160 pages and was published on Sept. 9. It was recently made available on Amazon.
Jess Mancini can be reached at jmancini@newsandsentinel.com.