Black Swan 1: A First Contact Science Fiction Thriller (Black Swan Event)

A comet from another solar system.A conspiracy at the highest levels.A family caught between the truth,And the end of the world.The Black Swan Event is a natural disaster thriller series from international bestselling author, Bobby Akart, one of America's favorite storytellers, who has delivered up-all-night thrillers to over two million readers in 245 countries and territories worldwide.When NASA’s SWAN space telescope detects a faint ultraviolet anomaly beyond the orbit of Jupiter, astronomers assume it’s a comet—an interstellar visitor drifting harmlessly through space. But as more data pours in from observatories around the world, the excitement turns to confusion then to fear.4I/SWAN isn’t just unusual. It’s breaking all the rules.Trajectory models are beyond explanation.Composition suggests the comet is manufactured.Outgassing profiles don’t match known celestial bodies.Radio telescopes detect harmonic pulses no one can explain.Inside NASA, scientists whisper the unthinkable: What if this isn’t natural?“Great characters and a horribly terrifying storyline make this a great read! I just pray that this story doesn't become prophetic."Professor Johan Xavier, widely known as Professor X, a brilliant but controversial planetary scientist, has built a career following the mantra, I champion hard science over comfortable assumptions. As 4I/SWAN’s anomalies grow harder to dismiss, Professor X becomes an outspoken, prominent public voice in the debate over what’s really soaring through our solar system.Emily Pickett, a brilliant Caltech researcher for Professor X, is among the first to notice that 4I/SWAN isn’t behaving like a natural object. Torn between professional skepticism and alarming new evidence, she becomes a key voice in the global debate over the comet’s true nature.Daniel Pickett, Emily’s younger brother, is a rising NASA astrobiologist working inside a CIA-created classified program. He discovers anomalies in 4I/SWAN that raise more questions than answers. His position grants him access to secrets he’s not sure he should keep—or reveal.Sheriff Bud Pickett, a steady Texas lawman and widowed father of Emily and Daniel, struggles to keep Liberty County grounded even as fear spreads across the world. When the comet’s secrets begin touching his own family, Bud fears for his children as he becomes the county’s reluctant protector and its last line of calm in a rising storm.“Akart is one of those very rare authors who makes things so visceral, so real, that you experience what he writes.”If the comet is a messenger, the fate of humanity may be the message.If it’s something else, humanity may be the target.Black Swan reveals a conspiracy that threatens the world but will leave you asking,“Are we alone?”The perfect book for fans of Disclosure Day, Contact, Arrival, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the documentary, Age of Disclosure. Also, for those who want the truth about first contact, alien invasion, and conspiracy thrillers surrounding these topics.This modern-day, fact-based novel will have you whispering just one more chapter until the end. Read more