Rejoice! A new messiah has arrive, and her name is certainly Julie. Blessed to Murray Katz, the solitary (and celibate) keeper of an abandoned lighthouse for the Jersey shoreline, our protagonist arrives on the planet boasting supernatural capabilities evocative of her divine half-brother, Jesus. As a child, she revels in her skill for walking on water, resurrecting deceased crabs, and treating fireflies as luminous alphabet blocks. But after she reaches adolescence, her life becomes as challenging and ambiguous as any mortal’s. Not only is definitely Julie Katz obliged to cope with a silver-tongued devil and self-righteous neo-Christian zealots, she must figure out what type of objective her mother-the female Supreme Being-has in mind for her. At once outrageous and affirming, this Nebula Award finalist is a magnificent work of contemporary satire that keeps a mirror up to individual character, astutely reflecting our types’ failings, foibles, and frequently misguided affections.