Research Catalog

Title

The Orion plan / Mark Alpert.

Author

Alpert, Mark, 1961-

Publication

New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2016.

Supplementary Content

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Description

322 pages; 25 cm

Summary

"Scientists thought we were safe from invasion. The distance between stars is so great that it seemed impossible for even the most advanced civilizations to send a large spaceship from one star system to another. But now, a species - a planet - other than our own has found a way. An unassuming probe from another star system lands in an empty corner of New York City and drills into the ground underneath, drawing electricity from the power lines to jumpstart its automated expansion. When it's discovered, it injects nanodevices into those people unlucky enough to come near it. The devices migrate to the brains of the victims and influence their behavior, forcing them to perform tasks that will assist the probe as it prepares for an alien colonization. When the government proves slow to react, a NASA scientist realizes he must lead the effort to stop the probe before it becomes too powerful. Mark Alpert's The Orion Plan presents a story of first contact with an alien intelligence far beyond what we can imagine"--

Subject

• Human-alien encounters > Fiction
• Extraterrestrial beings > Fiction
• Brainwashing > Fiction
• FICTION / Technological

Genre/Form

Science fiction.

Call Number

JFE 16-2972

ISBN

• 9781250065414
• 1250065410

LCCN

2015039016

OCLC

2015039016

Author

Alpert, Mark, 1961- author.

Title

The Orion plan / Mark Alpert.

Publisher

New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2016.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

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Research Call Number

JFE 16-2972