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...