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The United Nations of Earth sent out the Forerunner ships to explore and colonize the four most promising star systems within 50 light-years of Earth. Forerunner One left Earth under the command of Captain Clayton Cross, heading for Trappist-1. After a ninety year journey to reach it, the crew encountered not only a habitable world, but alien life already inhabiting it, and dark secrets lurking beneath the surface. The revelation of who these aliens are and what they want proves more terrifying than promising, and Captain Cross is forced to make tough decisions that will affect not only his crew, but the fate of the entire human race.

*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* America's favorite astrophysicist has written the most entertaining and universally appealing book of his stellar career: a practical guide for dealing with Alien visitors, an exploration of how it might happen, and a cultural history of our fascination with...

The orbital debris salvage ship THX-1138 and its Commander Lieutenant Joachim Lee and his young crew are tasked to de-orbit an abandoned space station from the early 21st century. Something very unusual was going on with the derelict Long March of the People-7. They discover that the station has had a visitor from somewhere in the Deep Dark. Was this event the real First Contact? Earthrise 2115: First Contact is a novella that tells the tale of an event that took place approximately 50 years before the adventures of the crew of the starship Richard P. Feynman and is part of the Earthrise ...

For decades, the extraterrestrials watched and studied us. The public called their ships UFOs, short for Unidentified Flying Objects. The government, always denying the truth, secretly called them what they knew the ships were: extraterrestrial vehicles that they referred to as EVs. When the aliens finally chose to reveal themselves, it wasn’t that first contact that humanity feared; it was the unexpected warning the aliens brought with them. The people of Earth had only nine months to prepare for an extinction-level invasion by a powerful enemy. With that message came a plea for the ...

She came to watch the moon. He came to claim his mate. Amateur astronomer Marina Cross is determined to capture the perfect photo of the rare blood moon. She ignores the warning signs and sneaks onto restricted land, finding a clearing that feels ancient and sacred. She thinks she's alone, ready for a celestial spectacle. But the clearing belongs to Kaedor, the exiled alpha of a werewolf pack. The crimson light of the eclipse awakens a primal madness within him, a need to hunt, to claim, to possess. When he finds a human female on his sacred altar stone, he sees not an intruder, but a gift ...

Carl Sagan Wrote “Contact” 40 years ago. II's Time for an Update. What if the signals we've sent into space were answered? Brief First Encounter is a thrilling speculative journey into humanity's first contact with an advanced extraterrestrial civilization. Set against the backdrop on Earth and Moon's dark side, the story weaves together high-stakes discovery, cutting edge science and the universal questions about our place in the cosmos. As a hidden observer silently gathers data from Earth, the team on the distant planet Cronin prepares for contact, blending meticulous preparation ...

His darkness claimed her, but his venom sealed her fate. Expert caver Sage Bloom descends into a Yucatán sinkhole. When her gear fails and a voice whispers from the dark, she realizes she’s not alone. She has trespassed into the domain of Noctys, the cavern’s ancient, bat-like guardian. He claims her as his possession. His cold commands guide her through brutal lessons in submission, his voice a weapon as he uses her body to erase her human scent. He insists this violation is her only shield against a greater horror her presence has awakened. His monstrous anatomy is her prison and her...

My wedding day was supposed to be the happiest day of my life. Instead, my heart was shattered into a million pieces. When twenty-five year-old Bree Gamble was left at the altar by her long-time boyfriend, she’d no idea where to go from there. Her friends is now trying to help by setting her up on blind dates, telling her she needs a casual encounter to move on. When a mysterious stranger comes to her rescue from a disastrous date from hell, Bree thinks that maybe she's met the one person who can help heal her broken heart. What she doesn't know is that her handsome hero isn't the white ...

Sometimes, getting what you want is the worst thing that can happen. Dell Eckhart lives on the wrong side of the portal. The side where the ruin and devastation left behind by the war makes everyday life harder than it’s ever been. More than anything, he wants to win a ticket for passage through the portal. He’s running out of chances, but he’s not going to let that stop him. He needs that ticket. It’s the only way to save the one person he truly cares about. There’s just one problem. That person is actually an android. And androids aren’t allowed through the portal. Doesn’t ...

Not Alone: First Encounter is a prequel to the globally acclaimed Not Alone series, set several years before two worlds collide under the weight of the grandest conspiracy of all time. For the first time ever, First Encounter lifts the curtain on a deadly series of events surrounding the initial meeting between the ruthless Richard Walker - untouchable head of the controversial Interspace Defense Agency - and a young truth-seeker from Birchwood, Colorado....

A gravitational anomaly beyond Neptune. No radiation. No propulsion signature. No reason to exist. When deep-space instruments detect an object that defies every law of physics, Commander Elena Markovic and theoretical physicist Dr. Kaito Suresh are dispatched aboard the vessel Aegis to intercept it before it reaches Earth orbit. What they find is not an invasion force. It’s something far stranger. The object doesn’t travel through space. It rewrites space, altering the fundamental constants of physics around itself, converting vacuum energy as a mode of transportation. As the Aegis ...

Ever seen a ghost? These people have. In I Saw a Ghost: Encounters With the Unexplained: Volume One, Ethan Hayes presents twenty unsettling first-person accounts from ordinary people whose everyday routines were interrupted by something impossible. A late-night waitress notices a silent customer in a booth that should be empty. A veterinarian receives help during a dangerous delivery from a farmer who could not have been there. An abandoned telephone line carries a desperate warning through decades of silence. Elsewhere, unexplained figures appear in a courtroom, an observatory, a cemetery,...

Why is The Book of Enoch so important to anyone interested in Biblical history? The answer is simple: It is directly quoted in the New Testament by Jude (vv.14-15). Themes of the book referenced in 2 Peter 2:1. Jesus also used content from The Book of Enoch in many of his sermons in Matthew and Luke. In this text, you will hear the word of God through this amazing document. We will take this amazing journey together and learn why this text is not an official book of the Bible.

Damon Cross is a journalist whose cynicism is his armor. When he’s sent to the forgotten woods of West Virginia to write a puff piece on the anniversary of a local legend, he expects to find hucksters and ghost stories. Instead, he finds a town gripped by a seventy-year silence and a terrifying truth buried in the static. The legend is real. But it's not a creature. It's a machine. Ancient, patient, and impossibly advanced, it has been waiting, listening through the wires of a world that has unknowingly built it a new nervous system. Now, it's waking up. As Damon peels back layers of ...

Originally published as Jihad at Sea. America’s very first encounter with Radical Islam actually occurred as far back as 1784 when the merchant ship Betsey was attacked by Moroccan pirates off the coast of North Africa. America’s experience with Islamic terrorism didn’t start with 9/11. Nor did it begin with the bombing of the American Embassy in Beirut in 1983. Since 1983, American citizens and facilities throughout the world have been victimized dozens of times by Islamic terrorists. The USS Cole bombing, 9/11, the Boston Marathon bombing and Orlando are among the better known ...

She Took It All — and then begged for more! This massive collection of 40 explosive, no-holds-barred short stories will have you sweating, squirming, and gasping for more. This anthology has everything: threesomes, power exchange, voyeurism, hotwives, dominant men, shameless women, and every forbidden craving in between. These women are good girls gone wild… or maybe they were never that good to begin with. If you're craving stories that are raw, dirty, and dangerously addictive, this bundle delivers again and again. You won’t last long… and neither will your self-control. 🔥 Dive...

Escape From Herobrine Island: The First Encounter Samantha, a young treasure hunter, gets more than she bargained for after accidentally discovering a secret island. It's a tropical paradise... and a trendy vacation spot for the world's most dangerous villains. Who knew? Roguish types really value their privacy, and the island's owner, Herobrine, wants to keep his friends happy. So he comes up with a "fun" activity to pass the time. It's called, "Kill the intruder!" Talk about bad luck--an entire island of evildoers versus one girl and her trusty diamond pickaxe? Let the games begin! ...

Eighty years before the government admitted the truth about UAPs, Los Angeles already knew something was in the sky. On February 25, 1942, less than three months after Pearl Harbor, American anti-aircraft batteries opened fire on an unidentified object moving over the Los Angeles basin. For nearly an hour, the city fired more than 1,440 rounds of live ammunition into the night sky, an engagement witnessed directly by two million residents and coordinated by some of the most experienced artillery officers in the United States military. When the guns finally fell silent, five people were dead...

Is anybody out there, and what do they want with us? In June 1992, veteran reporter C.D.B. Bryan attended the Abduction Study Conferences at M.I.T. In this remarkable audio program, Bryan recalls the 4 days of the conference, during which he met with scientists, psychiatrists, physicians, and folklorists who have studied the growing phenomenon of alien abductions.

Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of America The 1492 Voyage, the First Encounters, and the Expedition That Changed the World The voyage lasted only a few months. Its consequences have shaped more than five centuries of history. In August 1492, three small ships sailed west from Spain in search of a new route to Asia. Their commander, Christopher Columbus, believed he understood the world better than the maps of his age. He was wrong about where he was going—but the journey he began permanently connected continents that had developed separately for thousands of years. This is the ...