This novel is a long-needed antidote to the rose-colored, star-athlete sagas popular in the world of "24-7 football access." It throbs with adrenaline-pumping, hard-hitting reality, made all the more compelling because it is based on the true story of the authors four years playing college football.

"The Starchild Skull" chronicles eight years of scientific testing of a highly unusual human-like skull. Collectively, that testing strongly indicates the skull is not entirely human.