Skywave (The Rorschach Explorer Missions)
Description
" Donoghue's multigenre approach to his series opener is a triumph. Although it's primarily science fiction, the story also boasts thrillerlike suspense...Numerous characters evolve over the course of the story even though it's only Book 1...the ending promises further adventures with these well-drawn characters." - Kirkus Reviews " Great hard sci-fi plus adventure! I really like this story, and can't wait for book 2. The science is great, the mystery is fantastic, plus great relationships and of course stupid politicians and generals... :). Hard to put down!" - Eric C. Anderson, Amazon Vine Voice " An exciting new book It takes a lot to get 5 stars from me these days but Skywave has what it takes. It is not one of the standard sf stories dressed up with a new cast. What makes Skywave special is that it is a new take on an old idea that includes details that make it feel very real." - Grey Cynic, Amazon Vine Voice K. Patrick Donoghue is the author of two series; the Anlon Cully Chronicles, an archaeology-based mystery-thriller series, and the Rorschach Explorer Missions, a new sci-fi thriller series.Patrick's inspiration for the Anlon Cully Chronicles is rooted in his long-standing interest in ancient civilizations. In particular, a series of still-unexplained archaeological discoveries that suggest at least one advanced society thrived on Earth long before consensus views. In similar fashion, Patrick takes a contrarian/alternative view toward deep space exploration, the existence of extraterrestrial life and ancient aliens in the Rorschach Explorer Missions.
Features & Highlights
- No one knows what to make of the mysterious clicks.
- To Ajay Joshi, the amateur astronomer who discovered the strange sounds with his radio telescope, the clicks represent proof of aliens on Callisto, a moon of Jupiter, a theory dismissed as quackery by space agency radio experts. They contend the clicks are nothing more than terrestrial interference, so-called
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- , or similar electromagnetic interference emanating from Jupiter or Callisto.To Dr. Kiera Walsh, an aerospace engineer introduced to Ajay and his findings, the consistent, repetitive pattern of the clicks points to the possibility of a lost Martian probe caught in Callisto's orbit. She shares this view with her employer, billionaire and space exploration privateer, Augustus Amato, and is surprised to learn Amato disagrees with her conclusion. He believes the clicks herald something more ominous orbiting Callisto.Compelled to learn the true source of the clicks, Amato launches a fleet of experimental probes to investigate the Jovian moon. A mission that produces a string of startling discoveries, revelations that shake the space exploration establishment to its core and spark a controversial race to preserve the discoveries before they are destroyed or suppressed.
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- , the first book in the riveting new sci-fi thriller series The Rorschach Explorer Missions from mystery-thriller author K. Patrick Donoghue, leads readers on an epic journey that challenges conventional views of ancient aliens, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and humankind's place in the universe.
