The Lucifer Project

Humanity finds proof we're not alone: a derelict alien craft, recovered in orbit and hidden from the world. Now a signal from deep space is heading our way.

On a windswept Arizona mountaintop, a Vatican observatory tracks the inbound signal, its astronomers guarding a truth they have no intention of sharing. In Wisconsin, archaeologists unearth a relic that shouldn't exist — and not everyone on site is who they claim to be. In Washington, a long-shot presidential candidate is about to inherit a nation on the brink. And in orbit, the newly formed Earth Security Force braces for first contact — only to find itself at war.

As mysteries unravel — from a name whispered in the halls of the Vatican to secrets buried since before the Bible was written — mankind is forced to ask what's really arriving from the stars, and how far back this story goes.

The Lucifer Project is Book One in a fast-paced, first-contact science fiction series that weaves together the Nephilim, a world before Adam, and a war humanity never saw coming.

Approximate book length: 375 pages

A note from the author: The line between fiction and reality in this series is thinner than you'd expect. In South Africa, a rock formation known as Goliath's Footprint has sparked decades of debate — a giant's footstep, or just wind and erosion? Search it yourself and judge. And in a book published in 2014, Catholic astronomers grappled publicly with a strange question: if we found alien life, would we baptize it? It's a curious thought — and it seems at odds with their own biblical beliefs. Do they know something we don't? Draw your own conclusions.
— Jon Flagg