Heaven's Shadow

by Michael Cassutt (Author), David S Goyer (Author)

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  2012

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  THEY WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO CLAIM IT AS THEIR OWN

  In 2016 a pair of amateur astronomers spot an unidentified object - an object one hundred kilometres across and heading towards Earth. As it approaches, NASA and the Russian-Indian-Brazilian Coalition race to land vehicles on the unexplored surface. With power, money and politics behind each mission, both crews have orders to stop at nothing to get there first.

  Zack Stewart, NASA's team leader, is determined to succeed. But as they're about to land, violent explosions from the meteorite's surface propel it directly into Earth's orbit. Analysis shows the explosions were timed and deliberate - but by whom and why? As the world holds its breath, Zack makes a discovery that will change the course of humanity... forever.

  `Recalls Arthur C. Clarke at his heights ... Better still, there's more to come!' Gregory Benford

  `Prepare to have your world rocked' Robert J. Sawyer

  `Plotted like an old-school SF story, it's firmly in the modern cinematic trend in its writing style' SFX

  `One of the most entertaining novels I've read this year' FantasyBookCritic blog

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  $3.25

  Heaven's Shadow begins with the discovery of an object of unknown origin headed toward Earth. Speculation as to what it might be runs high, and leads to an international competition to be the first to land on it, to claim both the prestige and whatever other benefits there might be. Thus, two rival teams of astronauts begin a thrilling and dangerous race - but what they find when they reach their goal will turn out to be unlike anything they could have imagined . . .

  What they have landed on is no asteroid but a spacecraft from a civilization that has travelled tens of thousands of years to reach earth. While the team try to work out what it is they are needed for, more sinister occurrences cause them to wonder if their involvement with this alien race will ead to anything but harm for humanity.