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Journey into the unknown with Contact: Echoes in the Dark by Joshua T. Calvert. This hard science fiction novel delivers first-contact mystery, realistic science, suspense, and unforgettable space exploration for fans of intelligent sci-fi.

Alone in deep space, she wakes to find her crew dead, her ship failing, and a mysterious signal pulsing from a distant planet. Is she truly alone?

In the unforgiving silence of deep space, a lone astronaut awakens—disoriented, alone, and haunted by fractured memories. The cryostasis pod that saved her life now feels like a coffin. The rest of the crew? Gone—victims of mysterious malfunctions that ravaged the ship. Only a glitchy, well-meaning robot remains to keep her company.

Stranded 25 light-years from home in an alien solar system, the spaceship is falling apart. Doors hiss open without command, shadows flicker in the failing lights, and something in the ship’s stern—a colossal, energy-draining cargo hold—remains sealed, defying her attempts to uncover its secrets.

But isolation might be the least of her fears. As sensors detect a pulsing signal from the rings of a distant gas giant, the question becomes chillingly clear: What—or who—is out there?

A tense, atmospheric journey through the void, Contact: Echoes in the Dark is gripping hard science fiction from million-selling author Joshua T. Calvert. Fans of Andy Weir, Arthur C. Clarke, and Peter Cawdron will be captivated by this tale of survival, mystery, and the eerie possibilities lurking in the dark reaches of space.

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About the author

Joshua T. Calvert

Joshua T. Calvert is an award-winning author whose books have sold more than two million copies, reached the USA Today bestseller list and are currently available in English, German, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Russian and Ukrainian. A regular speaker at universities, book fairs and symposia, he is known for his immersive research, which has included skydiving, scuba diving, firearms training, expeditions to Antarctica and parabolic flights with astronauts. He lives with his family in New Zealand.