The Silver Spindle

Maria Persson had been awarded a travelling fellowship. The lively widow of 76 is on the last lap of a speaking tour when her visit to California coincides with the arrival of an exhibit at the Los Angeles Science Center. It is a strange spindle-like satellite, which had been lurking in space some time around the visit of the Apophis asteroid. In 2029, the internet is jammed with disinformation, government-generated in many cases, and most are in denial that the Spindle is extraterrestrial ...