"A great read for anyone who likes a science fiction tale told through the lens of real science."
- Scott Cahan, Readers' Favourites
The Crying Of Ross 128 - Book 1
An alien distress call, nervous world leaders, and scientific betrayal . . .
September, 2085. Listening for alien signals is a welcome respite for Jim Atteberry, an English professor at City College who’s marking a pile of boring undergraduate essays.
But when he detects a subspace distress call from the Ross 128 system, Jim becomes a pawn in a global scientific conspiracy bent on stealing the alien technology for political domination. Jim and his colleague Kate team up with Dr. Esther Tyrone at the Terran Science Academy to confirm his findings and warn the aliens. But are the Rossians truly in distress, or setting a trap for an ambitious, naïve Earth?
The Crying of Ross 128 is the opening installment in the Ross 128 first contact trilogy. If you like science fiction with credible stories, compelling characters, and mysterious aliens that will keep you guessing, you’ll love author David Allan Hamilton’s page-turning trilogy of near future alien encounters.
Discover the frightening, plausible space exploration possibilities with The Crying of Ross 128.
September, 2085. Listening for alien signals is a welcome respite for Jim Atteberry, an English professor at City College who’s marking a pile of boring undergraduate essays.
But when he detects a subspace distress call from the Ross 128 system, Jim becomes a pawn in a global scientific conspiracy bent on stealing the alien technology for political domination. Jim and his colleague Kate team up with Dr. Esther Tyrone at the Terran Science Academy to confirm his findings and warn the aliens. But are the Rossians truly in distress, or setting a trap for an ambitious, naïve Earth?
The Crying of Ross 128 is the opening installment in the Ross 128 first contact trilogy. If you like science fiction with credible stories, compelling characters, and mysterious aliens that will keep you guessing, you’ll love author David Allan Hamilton’s page-turning trilogy of near future alien encounters.
Discover the frightening, plausible space exploration possibilities with The Crying of Ross 128.
Reviews
Reviewed by Scott Cahan for Readers' Favorite
The Crying of Ross 128 by David Allan Hamilton is a good mix of scifi adventure and hard science technology. The story is about a hobbyist radio enthusiast named Jim Atteberry who receives an alien transmission. He tries to do the right thing and share his discovery with the scientific community, but his good intentions backfire. Soon, shadowy organizations come out of the woodwork to find out how he made his discovery, including one power crazy scientist who steals his claim to the signal. Mild-mannered Jim Atteberry and his ten-year-old daughter are soon running for their lives, all the while trying to figure out who or what is sending that strange alien signal into space. I enjoyed The Crying of Ross 128.
Author David Allan Hamilton did an excellent job of bringing his characters to life with strengths, flaws, and idiosyncrasies. The science behind the story sounds authentic, along with the political reactions that result from the science. The story had a sincere sense of realism, from the opening scene where Atteberry hears the first signal to the last pages of the harrowing conclusion. The story is told mostly through the conversations of the main characters as they struggle to do the right thing while so many forces pull on them to do the wrong thing. But, the character interactions were well done and realistic. Overall, The Crying of Ross 128 is a great read for anyone who likes a science fiction tale told through the lens of real science.
The Crying of Ross 128 by David Allan Hamilton is a good mix of scifi adventure and hard science technology. The story is about a hobbyist radio enthusiast named Jim Atteberry who receives an alien transmission. He tries to do the right thing and share his discovery with the scientific community, but his good intentions backfire. Soon, shadowy organizations come out of the woodwork to find out how he made his discovery, including one power crazy scientist who steals his claim to the signal. Mild-mannered Jim Atteberry and his ten-year-old daughter are soon running for their lives, all the while trying to figure out who or what is sending that strange alien signal into space. I enjoyed The Crying of Ross 128.
Author David Allan Hamilton did an excellent job of bringing his characters to life with strengths, flaws, and idiosyncrasies. The science behind the story sounds authentic, along with the political reactions that result from the science. The story had a sincere sense of realism, from the opening scene where Atteberry hears the first signal to the last pages of the harrowing conclusion. The story is told mostly through the conversations of the main characters as they struggle to do the right thing while so many forces pull on them to do the wrong thing. But, the character interactions were well done and realistic. Overall, The Crying of Ross 128 is a great read for anyone who likes a science fiction tale told through the lens of real science.
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Echoes In The Grey - Book 2
"They have arrived..."
Kate Braddock, a sexually ambiguous ex-Spacer, isolates herself on Luna. After detecting a faster-than-light ship en route to Earth several years ago, she now conducts geophysical surveys for a mineral resources consortium. One day, she and a young intern, Mary Atteberry, discover an anomaly in the dust near the Mare Marginis that is clearly unnatural, and clearly alien. The purpose of the spaceship on Luna is unclear, but its origin is not. This is the same ship she detected in 2085... the same one that led to the destruction of the Mount Sutro comms tower in San Francisco... the same one that nearly got her killed: the Ross 128 star system.
The First Alien Contact
Kate knows that if word of this alien vessel reached others, the Moon would be inundated with rival governments and space exploration companies all seeking its advanced technology. But how can she put her and Mary's life in danger by keeping this discovery secret?
As they investigate the alien ship site, their habitat is destroyed by a rogue compression wave that emanated from the ship itself. Now, the prime directive is survive. They must scramble to find a way off Luna before their oxygen runs out. After searching the abandoned mine site near the Aristoteles crater, Kate and Mary realize their only hope is finding a way into the alien vessel.
Galactic Battles
Meanwhile, Titanius CEO Clayton Carter, Mary's dad, and the crew of the Echo are en route to Luna to save the women and, in Carter's case, take the alien technology to further his own ideas of taking humankind to the next giant leap in space exploration.
But he is not alone. Other curious rivals are hot on their trail, and Carter must call in one of his security cruisers from the Saturn mineral run to protect him. The followers cannot help themselves. Although they've been told this is a rescue mission pure and simple, they suspect there's more going on than that.
Time is running out on Kate and Mary, and on the Echo.
Will humanity survive this first contact alien encounter?
Echoes In The Grey is the second book in the Ross 128 Trilogy. The first book, The Crying of Ross 128, is available on Amazon in paper back and kindle formats.Readers of Dayton Ward, Robert J. Sawyer, Ted Dekker, and Michael Crichton will enjoy this book.
Kate Braddock, a sexually ambiguous ex-Spacer, isolates herself on Luna. After detecting a faster-than-light ship en route to Earth several years ago, she now conducts geophysical surveys for a mineral resources consortium. One day, she and a young intern, Mary Atteberry, discover an anomaly in the dust near the Mare Marginis that is clearly unnatural, and clearly alien. The purpose of the spaceship on Luna is unclear, but its origin is not. This is the same ship she detected in 2085... the same one that led to the destruction of the Mount Sutro comms tower in San Francisco... the same one that nearly got her killed: the Ross 128 star system.
The First Alien Contact
Kate knows that if word of this alien vessel reached others, the Moon would be inundated with rival governments and space exploration companies all seeking its advanced technology. But how can she put her and Mary's life in danger by keeping this discovery secret?
As they investigate the alien ship site, their habitat is destroyed by a rogue compression wave that emanated from the ship itself. Now, the prime directive is survive. They must scramble to find a way off Luna before their oxygen runs out. After searching the abandoned mine site near the Aristoteles crater, Kate and Mary realize their only hope is finding a way into the alien vessel.
Galactic Battles
Meanwhile, Titanius CEO Clayton Carter, Mary's dad, and the crew of the Echo are en route to Luna to save the women and, in Carter's case, take the alien technology to further his own ideas of taking humankind to the next giant leap in space exploration.
But he is not alone. Other curious rivals are hot on their trail, and Carter must call in one of his security cruisers from the Saturn mineral run to protect him. The followers cannot help themselves. Although they've been told this is a rescue mission pure and simple, they suspect there's more going on than that.
Time is running out on Kate and Mary, and on the Echo.
Will humanity survive this first contact alien encounter?
Echoes In The Grey is the second book in the Ross 128 Trilogy. The first book, The Crying of Ross 128, is available on Amazon in paper back and kindle formats.Readers of Dayton Ward, Robert J. Sawyer, Ted Dekker, and Michael Crichton will enjoy this book.
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Three Days Of Darkness - Book 3
The Echo is broken...
Janet Chamberlain, an aging field operative with the Northern Democratic Union—and Jim Atteberry’s ex-wife—is compelled to undertake one last mission: to save their daughter Mary from those who will stop at nothing to scrape her mind for the alien secrets she holds. Chased by the ruthless Benedikt Winter of the Prussian Consortium, and coveted by Titanius CEO Clayton Carter, the Atteberry’s search for a way to remove the alien Keechik’s knowledge that is destroying Mary’s brain.
But time is running out . . .
Against a backdrop of increasing global tension and deteriorating peace in North America, Jim desperately pursues a solution while Janet contemplates the unthinkable: kill their daughter to protect the future of all humanity.
As galactic warfare breaks out, the Echo is conscripted to offer Mary one last chance at life, but Winter is determined to seize both her and the ship to promote his own diabolical vision of the future. Can humanity survive these final three days of darkness?
Don't miss the shocking conclusion to the Ross 128 First Contact Trilogy!
Janet Chamberlain, an aging field operative with the Northern Democratic Union—and Jim Atteberry’s ex-wife—is compelled to undertake one last mission: to save their daughter Mary from those who will stop at nothing to scrape her mind for the alien secrets she holds. Chased by the ruthless Benedikt Winter of the Prussian Consortium, and coveted by Titanius CEO Clayton Carter, the Atteberry’s search for a way to remove the alien Keechik’s knowledge that is destroying Mary’s brain.
But time is running out . . .
Against a backdrop of increasing global tension and deteriorating peace in North America, Jim desperately pursues a solution while Janet contemplates the unthinkable: kill their daughter to protect the future of all humanity.
As galactic warfare breaks out, the Echo is conscripted to offer Mary one last chance at life, but Winter is determined to seize both her and the ship to promote his own diabolical vision of the future. Can humanity survive these final three days of darkness?
Don't miss the shocking conclusion to the Ross 128 First Contact Trilogy!
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