The Great Scar

An alien artificial intelligence (AI) arrives to conduct a planetary survey to determine if Earth can be colonized. The AI reveals itself 500 years later using a physicist as the communication link to humanity. The AI divulges amazing wonders of the galaxy and astonishing events from Earth’s history. Soon strange, often deadly encounters across the Pacific Ocean make news headlines. Earth has been colonized by strange, ocean-based aliens called the Orbs. Their bizarre appearance, peculiar capabilities, and enormous intelligence astound the world. The Orb’s need for land creates conflict. Humanity then experiences the clash between the AI and another, more malevolent, alien species. The story takes you from a wide lens of the event to individual characters, and even across time. Science concepts are deep, well-researched, and believable, all of which make a compelling story with surprising twists. The narrative moves at a brisk pace, deftly weaving science and historical fact and fiction.