The
Crying of Ross 128
by
David Allan Hamilton
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BLURB:
America
has splintered into various independent republics after a brutal
civil war. Against this backdrop, space exploration is on the cusp of
new technological breakthroughs. Jim Atteberry, a mid-30s English
professor at City College in San Francisco, spends his free time
listening for alien signals on the amateur radio astronomy bands. His
life as a single parent to his precocious daughter is turned
upside-down when he hears an intelligent cry for help from the Ross
128 system and realizes we are not alone. This signal unleashes a
chain of events pitting Jim and his brilliant, mysterious colleague
Kate against a power-hungry scientist with his own secret agenda. Jim
must learn the truth about the signal, the strange disappearance of
his wife Janet, and the meaning of true love before it’s too late
in this first contact thriller.
Excerpt:
Whitt
continued talking while he worked. “So, there are the two Americas,
our own government of course, the Russians, Indians, Chinese... not
to mention those terrorist groups out there who would love to exploit
our human fears about hostile aliens and such.”
“I
hadn’t thought about all that.”
“I’m
sure if you spend any time at all on this question, you’d come up
with a list of 50 organizations all wanting to know how you
discovered the signal, and how to use that for their own goals.”
Whitt
replaced the cover on the computer and wiped his hands on his coat.
“There’s someone else you may want to consider, too. Someone
closer to home as it were.”
“Who’s
that?”
“I
hesitate to say because I recognize how close you are.” He put his
tools back in a small pouch.
“Who
is it, Dr. Whitt?”
“How
well do you know Kate Braddock? I mean, how well do you really know
her?”
Atteberry
threw his head back and laughed. “That’s insane! I trust her more
than anyone in the world.”
“Oh,
I understand, truly, I do. But the work she did in the past was
highly specialized and top secret. Where does she come from? What
kind of dubious alliances has she forged over the years? In short,
she may have been playing you all along.”
“No,
no, I don’t believe that for a second.”
“Fair
enough, Mr. Atteberry, but if you’re considering who could be
behind this mysterious tracer, I think you have to consider all
possibilities. Even the ones that appear impossible.”
AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
David
Allan Hamilton is a teacher, writer, and multipotentialite. He is a
graduate of Laurentian University (BSc. Applied Physics) and The
University of Western Ontario (MSc. Geophysics). He lives in Ottawa
where he facilitates writing workshops and teaches. When not writing,
David enjoys riding his bike long distances, painting, and knitting.
Author
Links:
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facebook.com/davidallanhamilton/
twitter.com/DAllanHamilton
instagram.com/davidhamilton2561
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