ISBN: 1101208724 9781101208724

Category: Fiction / Science Fiction / Alien Contact

Page count: 304

<b>Hugo Award-winning author Allen Steele has forged a permanent place in the pantheon of great science fiction authors with his landmark Coyote Trilogy. Now, he returns to that universe and offers a startling glimpse into the future of space exploration—and humanity itself…<br><br></b><i>June 1, 2288</i>—Europe’s first starship, the EASS <i>Galileo</i>, launches on its maiden voyage to venture into unexplored space. Its classified mission: to investigate an unidentified, possibly-alien object traveling outside our solar system, code-named Spindrift. Soon after taking off, the <i>Galileo</i> disappears...<br>  <br> <i>February 1, 2344</i>—A shuttle from the <i>Galileo</i> returns to Earth carrying three surviving expedition members. The <i>Galileo</i> has been destroyed, and the rest of the crew is lost—but the survivors have not aged. For they have, indeed, made contact with an extraterrestrial race—and become enmeshed in a conflict that brought them face to face with the most apocalyptic force in the galaxy…