The Aliens

At 04:25 ship time, the Niccola’s alarm erupts—and radar technician Jon Baird has only one pulse to tell him whether the ship has found the Plumies or been found by them.

Humanity is spreading through the galaxy, and somewhere among the stars another spacefaring race is doing the same. The Niccola is searching a distant solar system for evidence of the enigmatic Plumies when Baird’s radar reveals a smooth, bronze-hulled ship where the crew thought there was only a burned-out comet. A single pulse suggests its technology is anything but primitive; now the skipper wants to know how many Plumies are out there, and whether the Niccola has wandered into a trap. With the survival of humanity shadowing every decision, Baird and the crew must make sense of an encounter neither side can afford to misunderstand. What will the Plumies do next?

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