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Magus

a.k.a.

Summary

Arrives on Alpha claiming to be the Creator, and offering another chance to mankind. Invites four Alphans -- John, Maya, Helena, and Tony to New Earth, only to cut off these Alphans from the rest on the Moon. The trapped Alphans soon realize he is a fraud, but still one with considerable power. He attempts to coerce John and Maya to pair off, as well as Tony and Helena, as a form of genetic experimentation. This attempt is interrupted by a battle between two creatures, leading to the Alphans to discovering Magus "is the last in a line of cosmic magicians" who "could perform miracles through physics" (according to a victim of earlier genetic experimentation). The Alphans begin to realize the source and limitations of his power, and that it is based on his directly absorbing light energy. When they trap him in the dark, he loses his power, and the Alphans escape while New Earth explodes around Magus.

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