A group of archeologists make new discoveries about Egypt's past. Recorded history of the Great Pyramid, Sphinx, even Moses and the slave exodus to the Promised Land are drawn into question as they unravel the mysteries they find. A man in a psychiatric hostiptal may be the key to it all. The patient believes he is of another world and locked in a high stakes conflict with the mysterious species Alpha that has spanned the course of human history since ancient Egypt. Is he crazy, or is it crazy to ignore him? NASA and the National Security Agency struggle with the future of mankind amid the launch of a new deep space probe capable of broadcasting a message that will be heard by others. Some believe it can propel mankind to new heights, others believe it will lead to its destruction. Both sides will stop at nothing to further their cause. Mankind's past present and future are revealed in this gripping thriller that does not let go for a single page, and has enough twists and turns to test even the most sturdy safety harness. The Origins of all will be revealed. I saw another author go into why they wrote their novel rather than a true review and thought that was a pretty fun idea. So here it goes. Growing up, outside of playing a disgusting amount of sports, my real passions were history and science fiction. I always found a connection while standing in a place where something profound once occurred like a civil war battlefield or the Roman Forum and Colosseum. Plus, who doesn't enjoy a good Star Wars or Star Trek movie? When I chose to dedicate my free time to writing I needed to find a way to fuse those two passions together. I started toying with the idea that some shadowy element was working behind the scenes to influence humanities most profound moments. About this time my older brother had written a brief plot outline of some space opera type story with intergalactic war and so on. He wasn't going to do anything with it but I thought it made a great back story for a crew of aliens who crash land on Earth. Then they start pulling on some puppet strings to influence human development so they could eventually go home. Thank goodness he let me run with it. I knew right away I didn't want to tell just a plain vanilla sequential story. I wanted the added complexity of reading about where things stand in the present, hinting at events in the past and then incorporate flashbacks to the time period in question. I think it accomplished the added complexity but still kept it a fairly light read. The solution I came up with was to feature a psychiatric patient revealing to his therapist about his adventures in the past while modern day archeologists and NSA agents make discoveries that make you think the patient might not be crazy after all. Maybe he really is an alien, or maybe he has a personal vendetta against the NSA. One last thing I wanted to accomplish was to tell a sci-fi story that kept the futuristic gadgets and technobable jargon to a minimum. Three or four chapters toward the beginning needed to be sci-fi heavy, but the rest I honestly consider to be more like historical fiction with the only sci-fi element being the potential of alien involvement in human history. Hopefully the end product has accomplished my goal, which is ultimately an entertaining read. I would love to hear some honest feedback on the book, and I can handle constructive criticism too. Just remember the constructive part. Mark Henrikson