First Communication: Book I

ISBN-13: 9780615975085 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 434 str.

Jp Osterman

Opis

Today is Monday, August 23, 2060, and humanity is threatened by an extinction-level event. A mysterious opening appears in the atmosphere. People panic What is this strange phenomenon? Some kind of reply to Thornton Manning's massive cosmic cry for help into the universe? The atmospheric disturbance appears as a hurricane with a silver lining--a window "I'm beginning to believe this is a real alien contact...a first communication," Dr. Elisa Holton says. After the signal is confirmed by scientists, our global leader, Regent Thornton Manning, prepares to greet aliens. Everyone wonders: "Can this advanced species from Nelta heal Earth? If so, what might they demand in return?" Thornton, now a hero, has plans for the alien technology-not completely legal under the new United Earth Constitution. It's often said: "New technology invites new dilemmas." Humanity begins to experience rapid radical changes Elisa Holton is a genius researcher in the new burgeoning field of Nano-Robotics and Genetics. Thornton makes her famous, but he faces exposure with all her knowledge. Not everyone trusts the Global Regency government, and some people are still just bent on hating... The terrorists begin hiding off-Earth, and a new group of protestors begin a covert mission of sabotaging popular technology. When attacks from these two foes threaten the vital help we need from the Neltans, Thornton asks Elisa for help, and orders an elite crew of spacecraft fighters to crush the opposition before our communications link with the Neltans collapses. It's a race against time as humanity struggles to seal a special Pact... The Nelta Series begins