PARADOX is an action-packed technothriller that begins when AUKUS Moon Project astronauts Jordi Wheeler and Maccas McDonnell stumble upon an unrecognisable piece of space hardware while exploring an area near the lunar South Pole. In a moment of profound realisation, they grasp the fact that the object must be of alien origin, fabricated by an intelligent species, and sure to reshape human understanding of the universe.
As the two lunar scientists delve into the mysterious object's origin, a group of new astronauts, including the renowned investigative GNN reporter Whitney Wainwright, arrives from Earth. Within days of discovering the alien object, the 25 resident astronauts discover their Moon-Earth communications are being monitored, and loved ones back on Earth are being watched.
Wheeler soon learns his colleague and friend in Seattle, Washington, is mysteriously killed in a residential fire, and his sister in Perth, Australia, is terrorised by thugs interrogating her about Jordi’s work at Shackleton Outpost. Coincidence? The astronaut team traces hacked communications and discovers that the most prominent private contributor to the AUKUS Project — Siebert Industries — seems responsible for intercepting their video calls. Could one of the world’s wealthiest companies fear financial losses due to the discovery of an alien artifact on the rim of Shackleton Crater?
PARADOX is Churach’s eleventh novel, another technothriller sure to keep you guessing until the last page. PARADOX explores the inextricably linked nature of the Earth-Moon system, its effect on the evolution of life on Earth and the extent to which some might place the importance of profits over the benefit of humanity.