Starfall and Mirage

The first of the "The Ascension Cycle" series introduces us to Thaddeus, an immortal alien with an elfin façade. Having discovered Earth millennia ago, hubristic and driven by lust-for power, pleasure, and cosmic notoriety-he created dozens of clones to do his bidding. Now those same clones have rebelled, intent on eradicating their progenitor to claim his genetic key to ascension. His only ally is Derry, a thrill-seeking pixie whose appetite for sensation leads her to partner with Thaddeus in a daring bid: to break free of all dimensions and rebirth themselves in the next iteration of reality.