The novel "Magnificat" completes Julian May's grandiose fantasy epic, which began with incredible events that occurred on the Many-Colored Earth more than six million years ago. The Earth is about to join the Galactic Commonwealth, but the reactionary forces of the planet, led by scientist Marc Remillard, are preventing telepathic union of minds. Mark is obsessed with the idea of creating a Mental Man who would help him achieve power over the entire Galaxy. To this end, he manipulates the consciousness of unborn children. Mark is confronted by his brother Jack the Bodiless and Jack's wife Dorothea, who have called upon the united mind of all earthlings for help. It would seem that evil is doomed, but things take an unexpected turn...