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Alien Encounter
The Science and Fiction Series (Related to this series)
- Author
- Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Narrator
- Eddie Lopez
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 19 October 2021
- Run Time
- 11 hours 1 minute
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Science fiction
What to expect
It has been nearly one hundred years since the Apollo moon landings, when Jack and Vladimir, two astronauts on a mission to Venus, discover a mysterious void related to indigenous life on the planet. Subsequently more voids are detected on Earth, Mars, Titan, and, quite ominously, inside a planetoid emerging from the Kuiper belt.
Jack is sent to investigate the voids in the Solar System and intercept the planetoid—which, as becomes increasingly clear, is inhabited by alien life forms. Jack and his crew will have little time to understand their alien biochemistry, abilities, behavior patterns, resilience, and technology, but also how these life forms relate to the voids.
Humankind’s first encounter with these exotic life forms couldn’t be more fateful, becoming a race against time to save life on Earth and to reveal the true nature of the voids, which seem to be intrinsically related to life and the universe itself. In this novel, the author combines many topics related to state-of-the-art research in the field of astrobiology with fictional elements to produce a thrilling audiobook.
Critics Review
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“The main theme of this book is the need to keep an open mind regarding the possibilities for diverse forms of life in the solar system and beyond…A lot of food for thought, and well worth reading.”
Ian Crawford, The Observatory
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Details
- Author
- Dirk Schulze-Makuch
- Narrator
- Eddie Lopez
- Duration
- 11 hours 1 minute
- Release Date
- 19 October 2021
- ISBN
- 9781799917151
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Science fiction
Synopsis
It has been nearly one hundred years since the Apollo moon landings, when Jack and Vladimir, two astronauts on a mission to Venus, discover a mysterious void related to indigenous life on the planet. Subsequently more voids are detected on Earth, Mars, Titan, and, quite ominously, inside a planetoid emerging from the Kuiper belt.Jack is sent to investigate the voids in the Solar System and intercept the planetoid—which, as becomes increasingly clear, is inhabited by alien life forms. Jack and his crew will have little time to understand their alien biochemistry, abilities, behavior patterns, resilience, and technology, but also how these life forms relate to the voids.Humankind’s first encounter with these exotic life forms couldn’t be more fateful, becoming a race against time to save life on Earth and to reveal the true nature of the voids, which seem to be intrinsically related to life and the universe itself. In this novel, the author combines many topics related to state-of-the-art research in the field of astrobiology with fictional elements to produce a thrilling audiobook.
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