Jack the Bodiless. Book One of The Galactic Milieu Trilogy

1992 May, Julian [Clare] (1931-2017). Jack the Bodiless. A Novel. Volume I of The Galactic Milieu Trilogy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 463 pp. PSt, Public

Earth has achieved peace, is developing significant psychic powers, and is ready to join the Galactic Milieu, a confederation of planets. But there is opposition that wants to maintain human individuality and believes in the superiority of humans over all others, and it is trying to kill the most psychically powerful humans. See also 1987 May. In the second volume in the trilogy, Diamond Mask. A Novel. Book Two of the Galactic Milieu Trilogy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994, Earth has joined the Galactic Milieu and humans are preparing to join the Unity, a group mind that includes all the races of the Galactic Milieu, but the opposition described in the previous volume is trying to stop the process. In the third volume, Magnificat. A Novel. Book Three of the Galactic Milieu Trilogy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996, the opposition continues but is ultimately defeated. Female author.