Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Part I, The Past

1. A Conflagration of Storms

2. Dancing in the Light

3. “Hello? Is Anyone There?”

Part II, The Present

4. Between a Rock and a Hard Place

5. “We’re Not in Kansas Anymore!”

6. They Call Them “Satellite Anomalies”

7. Business as Usual

8. Human Factors

9. Cycle 23

Part III, The Future

10. Through a Crystal Ball

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Illustration Credits

Index