Open Channel: A First Contact Hard Science Fiction Thriller

Earth finally believes Dr. Mara Ellison.

That belief is about to cost a fleet.

The impossible object detected beyond the edge of the Solar System has become thousands of faint signatures, scattered across a volume too vast for any navy to confront. Earth's answer is simple: send a task force to intercept whatever is coming before it reaches the inner planets.

Commander Gideon Renner is given the mission, a patched-together fleet, and a fuel budget that makes the journey almost one-way. Mara jo...