And it is on this planet that God meets Herb Asher and convinces him to help retake Earth from the demonic Belial. From the Back Cover God is not dead, he has merely been exiled to an extraterrestrial planet. Part science fiction adventure, part religious inquiry, The Divine Invasion questions just how much anyone really knows-or really can know-about the nature of reality and God.

To do this, Asher must shepherd a woman pregnant with Yah past the tight security of Earth. It is on this planet that Yah-as this possible God is known-meets Herb Asher and convinces him to help Yah return to Earth, which is itself under the control of the demonic Belial. God is not dead, he has merely been exiled to an extraterrestrial planet. Dick, the Hugo Award-winning author of The Man in the High Castle and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?-the basis for the film Blade Runner. Book Synopsis Featuring virtual reality, parallel worlds, and interstellar travel, The Divine Invasion is the second novel in the VALIS trilogy by Philip K. Part science fiction adventure, part religious inquiry, The Divine Invasion stands strong as the most accessible of Dicks famous trilogy. As with VALIS and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer, The Divine Invasion questions just how much anyone really knows-or really can know-about the nature of reality and God. Featuring virtual reality, parallel worlds, and interstellar travel, The Divine Invasion blends philosophy and adventure in a way few authors can pull off. To do this, Asher must shepherd a woman pregnant with Yah past the tight security of Earth, avoiding missiles, capture, and forced abortion along the way. Indeed, Dick shows the Nietzche was wrong: God is not dead, he has merely been exiled to an extraterrestrial planet. And, once again, his search takes him off of planet Earth. Dicks VALIS trilogy, the author continues his search for meaning, and for God. About the Book In The Divine Invasion, the second book in Philip K.

VALIS by Philip K. Dick