[Explorations 02] • Explorations · First Contact

An exciting anthology collection of First Contact science fiction stories, each set in the same universe. The Sphere ship appeared suddenly, damaged and dying. After making contact, Earth learned they weren’t alone in the universe. The Sphere gave them knowledge of space travel, and co-ordinates to other races spread across the expanse. It asked them to continue its mission of exploration and contact, but also left them with a stark warning: Stay away from the Star. Over the next twenty years, the United Earth Foundation formed, and their ships were built, their displacement drives giving them the sphere shape when engaged. Their Mission: First Contact. Join many of today's most exciting indie science fiction authors as they chart a shared universe and future-history, each telling us stories of: Explorations: First Contact.

Contents:

Prologue / short story by Stephen Moss

Déjà vu / novelette by Peter Cawdron

The Signal / novelette by Ralph Kern

Status: Inactive / novelette by Richard Fox

The Bottom Line / novelette by Chris Kennedy

End of the Line / novelette by Robert M. Campbell

Mercurial Rescue / short story by Isaac Hooke

The Mission / novelette by P. P. Corcoran

The Last Command / short story by Nick Bailey

Sleeping Giant / novelette by P. J. Strebor

The Darklady / novelette by Scott Moon

Triaxial / novelette by Stephen Moss

Harbinger / novelette by Josh Hayes

Epilogue - Empyrean / short story by Jacob Cooper

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