Ever wonder who or what delivered the elements of life to Earth and gave our world its first drink of water?What happened when Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens met for the first time?Who inspired that first human to use symbols to write the first words?Where did the gods of mythology really come from? The sky? If so, who brought them and what were their motives?Who inspired one man of the Tewa Pueblo in New Mexico to orchestrate the first American revolution in 1680, when the native people of the Southwest United States drove the Spanish back across the Rio Grande. Was it an accident that two seemingly ordinary people - President Abraham Lincoln and Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin - were integral characters during the Civil War?Inspired by a Native American creation story, A Most Promising Planet peeks back in time to offer another view of Earth's beginning and illuminates some of mankind's most significant moments in history.The story follows mysterious entities as they nudge Earth to life, then slowly nurse it along until a sentient race evolves. These free-thinking humans prove to be challenging as the beings of energy endeavor to bring enlightenment to a most troublesome species