by Gene Brewer ~
He calls himself prot (rhymes with goat). Is he a man, alien... or savior? The strange and likeable man cannot be from the planet K-PAX. Or can he?

No, he must be insane....

But then bizarre things start to happen, and his story of a utopian world -- so similar yet superior to ours -- begins to appear both credible and tantalizing.

"A mixture of Starman, Oliver Sacks, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
   THE GUARDIAN

"Genuinely funny and touching."
   SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER AND CHRONICLE