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Experience The Receiver by Seth Jaffe, a hard sci-fi first contact techno-thriller packed with realistic science, alien mysteries, espionage, and nonstop suspense. A must-read for fans of intelligent science fiction and gripping space adventures.

Finally, a story where “quantum” means physics, not wizardry in a lab coat.

Dr. Brahm Gibney never thought her grant on neutrino vectoring would lead her into a world of danger and intrigue. As she delves deeper into her research, she uncovers a mysterious source of particles hurtling through space, with a trajectory that could change everything.

Meanwhile, Chandler Mirren’s dreams of a prestigious internship are shattered, leaving him stuck in a dusty library writing a research paper. But when he discovers a cryptic message in the journals of a renowned scientist, he realizes he may have stumbled upon a groundbreaking discovery.

Lieutenant Jack Avari’s career in the Marines takes an unexpected turn when he’s tasked with investigating a seemingly mundane theft. But as he probes further, he finds himself entangled in a high-stakes game of international espionage, with Earth’s fate hanging in the balance.

In this fast-paced, techno-sci-fi thriller, the stakes are high and the tension never lets up. With masterful world-building and a gripping plot, The Receiver will keep readers on the edge of their seats, guessing until the very end.

It’s like the Da Vinci Code meets Carl Sagan’s Contact, with science that isn’t handwavey sci-fi nonsense.

Hailed as one of the best first contact books of the year, readers of Andy Weir, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clark, and Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem will appreciate The Receiver.

Author’s Note: Thanks for getting this far. If hard sci-fi is your thing, I hope you try The Receiver! I wrote most of it in 2017 and 2018, before ubiquitous access to AI and augmented reality glasses. It’s fun to see what I got right, and I guess we’ll soon know what I got wrong. I’m just an ex-NASA engineer and biotech guy who spent his evenings and weekends pecking at a keyboard. Thanks to readers like you, I think I’ve caught all of the grammar mistakes and typos, but please be kind. This was, indeed, a labor of love.

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About the author

Seth Jaffe

More often than not, you’ll find Seth Jaffe hiking forest trails with his beloved pooch, Mr. Zixby, dreaming up science fiction stories. Although futuristic concepts are the cornerstone of most sci-fi tales, Seth works hard to make his worlds believable, both scientifically and rationally. Not content to gloss over the little things, he will spend hours meditating on possible eventualities in hopes of creating characters who follow sound judgment. When not writing, Seth earns a living at a biotech company. Before that, he spent almost fifteen years in NASA’s Mission Control, where he was certified on the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. Seth is one of the founders of the AI-Free Certification Project. Other works by Seth include Career Recon, The Minuteman, Rise of the Quest Knights, and Inner Space, the Conqueror. He is currently working on The Dreamer.