Venture

Interstellar, formerly interplanetary, spacecraft Venture 1 has been contacted by an alien intelligence. The contact is first discovered by a fifteen-year-old high school student while he is doing research for his senior project. Not fully understanding what he has stumbled upon, he enlists the aid of a family friend. The friend, a decorated marine (ret.), Jesuit priest, and systems engineer, guides the young man and his family on a nonstop, action-filled race through a maze of global politics and the streets of Philadelphia in an effort to remain one step ahead of those who want to suppress what may turn out to be the greatest discovery of all time.