"Emotionally compelling...action-packed...intense" Kirkus Reviews The Spiral Slayer Series: Book One-ENCOUNTERS An advanced alien race called the Loud make first contact with the humans of Amular, a planet that lies at the edge of the Great Coma Wall of galaxies. The social impact plus the scientific and political upheaval, is only exceeded by the gift the Loud have brought-one humans have always dreamed of. However, it is a two-edged sword and one they may not survive. Time redefined, scientists obsolete... Then, a shocking discovery is made: since the dawn of time, a force has been working...