In an era obsessed with alien sightings, exorcisms, and unexplained phenomena, author Jo Ann Cortez steps into the silence with INHUMAN, a novel that doesn’t shy away from uncomfortable questions:
What if alien abductions aren’t alien at all?
What if we’re calling evil by the wrong name?
With a foundation built on Roman Catholic theology, Cortez brings the reader into a narrative that’s not about fantasy, but recognition. INHUMAN is fictional, yes. But it’s not a game. It’s a work of conviction. The story opens with a boy, mentally tormented and spiritually shattered, after being ritually offered by his parents to something they do not understand.
As doctors and exorcists are called in, what unfolds is a terrifying pattern: physical symptoms that medicine cannot explain, alien-like figures that are immune to bullets, and ancient forces echoing the scriptural warnings about the Nephilim. These beings don’t speak in words, but in dreams, in dread, and in total violation of human will.
From rural landscapes to clinical labs, from quiet Vatican archives to scenes of torment that feel too familiar, the book ties together sightings, encounters, and abductions with something far more ancient than “space.” There is no tinfoil hat here. No cheesy tropes. Just a simple idea: some things we’ve labeled “extraterrestrial” may in fact be spiritual.
Characters like Father Mark, an experienced exorcist, and Dr. Jeremy Alonzo, a former skeptic and rationalist, are forced to confront phenomena that challenge both science and theology. But this isn’t about proving the Church right, it’s about exposing a pattern of evil that is increasingly being disguised as something “new.”
The novel draws upon themes of deliverance, trauma, possession, and faith, all while grounding its story in traditional Catholic understanding. Cortez does not sensationalize the spiritual. She respects it, which is what makes INHUMAN so unsettling.
It is not just a novel. It is a plea for vigilance.
About the Author
Jo Ann Cortez is the author of Three Days and INHUMAN. She is a practicing Roman Catholic whose faith and family are central to her life and writing. Deeply influenced by classic science fiction films like War of the Worlds (1953), Cortez combines that early fascination with mystery and the unknown with her religious convictions and study.
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