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Black Swan Event
Black Swan 3: A First Contact Thriller
They called it the end of the world.
They were wrong. It was the beginning of something worse.
And the conversation that would change the world had begun with a single word from an innocent child — Hi.
The Black Swan Event series continues from international bestselling author, Bobby Akart, one of America's favorite storytellers, who has delivered up-all-night thrillers to over two million readers in 245 countries and territories worldwide.
Ninety days after the sky fell, the real crisis begins. The comet has passed but now, the sky is falling. For the Pickett family and the eight billion survivors left in its wake, the nightmare is only beginning.
Across the globe, strange metallic objects have appeared. Seamless, silent, and immovable. They cannot be destroyed. They cannot be captured. And they are watching.
Planetary scientists, Dr. Emily Pickett and her brother Daniel, seek refuge from the bombardment of meteorites and space debris brought by the interstellar comet 4I/SWAN's tail in the very place Daniel fled in book one—the Westland Bunker. Safety in Project Preserve Destiny comes with a price, as well as revelations.
In Liberty, Texas, Sheriff Bud Pickett is fighting a war on three desperate refugees, a power-hungry billionaire, and an alien presence no one can explain.
As tensions rise and uncertainty reaches a crisis level, mankind attempts to take bold action to uncover the secrets. However, the objects are keeping score. Humanity's response, every act of violence, every act of kindness, is being recorded.
Something is coming. And it wants to know if we're worth saving.
Black Swan 3 is a heart-pounding thriller about first contact, family loyalty, and the terrifying question of what happens when humanity meets something it cannot fight, understand, and certainly, cannot ignore.
This modern-day, fact-based novel will have you whispering just one more chapter until the end.
They were wrong. It was the beginning of something worse.
And the conversation that would change the world had begun with a single word from an innocent child — Hi.
The Black Swan Event series continues from international bestselling author, Bobby Akart, one of America's favorite storytellers, who has delivered up-all-night thrillers to over two million readers in 245 countries and territories worldwide.
Ninety days after the sky fell, the real crisis begins. The comet has passed but now, the sky is falling. For the Pickett family and the eight billion survivors left in its wake, the nightmare is only beginning.
Across the globe, strange metallic objects have appeared. Seamless, silent, and immovable. They cannot be destroyed. They cannot be captured. And they are watching.
Planetary scientists, Dr. Emily Pickett and her brother Daniel, seek refuge from the bombardment of meteorites and space debris brought by the interstellar comet 4I/SWAN's tail in the very place Daniel fled in book one—the Westland Bunker. Safety in Project Preserve Destiny comes with a price, as well as revelations.
In Liberty, Texas, Sheriff Bud Pickett is fighting a war on three desperate refugees, a power-hungry billionaire, and an alien presence no one can explain.
As tensions rise and uncertainty reaches a crisis level, mankind attempts to take bold action to uncover the secrets. However, the objects are keeping score. Humanity's response, every act of violence, every act of kindness, is being recorded.
Something is coming. And it wants to know if we're worth saving.
Black Swan 3 is a heart-pounding thriller about first contact, family loyalty, and the terrifying question of what happens when humanity meets something it cannot fight, understand, and certainly, cannot ignore.
This modern-day, fact-based novel will have you whispering just one more chapter until the end.
- GenresPost Apocalyptic
559 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 9, 2026
About the author
Bobby Akart
347 books421 followersInternational bestselling author, Bobby Akart, one of America's favorite storytellers, delivers up-all-night thrillers to readers in 245 countries and territories worldwide. He's achieved Amazon Top 5 Author status in both fiction and non-fiction genres, Amazon Kindle All Star and Top 50 Amazon Author (#35) and Top 25 Best Selling Book on Amazon Charts (Yellowstone #25).
"He's right up there with James Patterson, David Baldacci, Brad Thor and others that write thrillers. To me he actually surpasses them.”
He has written more than 80 novels in the disaster, survival, medical and political thriller genres.
"He's right up there with James Patterson, David Baldacci, Brad Thor and others that write thrillers. To me he actually surpasses them.”
He has written more than 80 novels in the disaster, survival, medical and political thriller genres.
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April 10, 2026
Exhilarating and outstanding!
Black Swan 3 brings us back to the Pickett family, the Reyes family, and the rest of Liberty County, TX during the bombardment from 4I/SWAN as it reaches the apogee of its trip by Earth. As the bombardment slows, all too terrestrial dangers quickly make themselves known. Akart masterfully imagines what the human cost of such an event could be, and thus, what it might drive them to do if given a manipulative push. Akart has completely rewritten the alien invasion playbook with his all too realistic series! Overall, 5/5 stars, highly recommended for any reader interested in disaster thrillers, first contact thrillers and thrillers in general!!
Black Swan 3 brings us back to the Pickett family, the Reyes family, and the rest of Liberty County, TX during the bombardment from 4I/SWAN as it reaches the apogee of its trip by Earth. As the bombardment slows, all too terrestrial dangers quickly make themselves known. Akart masterfully imagines what the human cost of such an event could be, and thus, what it might drive them to do if given a manipulative push. Akart has completely rewritten the alien invasion playbook with his all too realistic series! Overall, 5/5 stars, highly recommended for any reader interested in disaster thrillers, first contact thrillers and thrillers in general!!
April 12, 2026
Will Mob Rule Win?
Inexorably, Comet 4I/SWAN has drawn near and into the Earth. Just as relentlessly, Author Bobby Akart has teased us, made believers of us, and now completely confuses us.
Black Swan 3 is his most complicated, yet understandable book. I often wonder if Bobby Akart is a secret cyber nerd who designed a chip and implanted it in Humanity, this would explain how acutely he understands the greatest good and the abhorrent evil living in the heart of humans.
Book 3 felt to me like being thrown around in the dark with flashing lights on the Space Mountain rollercoaster in Disney World in Florida. I never knew which direction I would be whipped in or had my progress impeded. Fear-inducing? Completely.
Bless your nefarious heart, Bobby Akart, for leaving us with yet another humungous cliffhanger ending. I can see you cackling over your computer. Thank goodness we won't have to wait too long for the finalé. Another outstanding book that deserves 5 stars and more
Inexorably, Comet 4I/SWAN has drawn near and into the Earth. Just as relentlessly, Author Bobby Akart has teased us, made believers of us, and now completely confuses us.
Black Swan 3 is his most complicated, yet understandable book. I often wonder if Bobby Akart is a secret cyber nerd who designed a chip and implanted it in Humanity, this would explain how acutely he understands the greatest good and the abhorrent evil living in the heart of humans.
Book 3 felt to me like being thrown around in the dark with flashing lights on the Space Mountain rollercoaster in Disney World in Florida. I never knew which direction I would be whipped in or had my progress impeded. Fear-inducing? Completely.
Bless your nefarious heart, Bobby Akart, for leaving us with yet another humungous cliffhanger ending. I can see you cackling over your computer. Thank goodness we won't have to wait too long for the finalé. Another outstanding book that deserves 5 stars and more
April 23, 2026
This has it all!! Best writing, characters, and a plot that doesn’t stop feeding your interest!!
Bobby Akart, master of whatever he writes! It hurts to read his books that have sequels,. Because the pain that’s caused waiting for the next book to be published! I can say that for every book Mr. Akart has written and will always endure that pain with pleasure!
Bobby Akart, master of whatever he writes! It hurts to read his books that have sequels,. Because the pain that’s caused waiting for the next book to be published! I can say that for every book Mr. Akart has written and will always endure that pain with pleasure!
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April 24, 2026In the third installment of Black Swan, the “comet” passed between the earth and the moon resulting in an EMP causing significant damage to the electrical grid and resulting in a massive number of objects falling from the sky that obliterated everything in their path. The story takes us inside the PPD where the siblings find data indicating their family and others have been monitored for generations.
The story also takes us back outside the PPD as Emily and X searches for Bud. Bella and her family discover that their children inherited the ability to “sense” the object. Daniel warns Bella of impending doom. Except for the last few chapters, where there appeared to be a lot of repetition, the preceding chapters lacked the gut wrenching punches of the previous books in the series. Overall a good installment, but not as intense as the previous two.
The story also takes us back outside the PPD as Emily and X searches for Bud. Bella and her family discover that their children inherited the ability to “sense” the object. Daniel warns Bella of impending doom. Except for the last few chapters, where there appeared to be a lot of repetition, the preceding chapters lacked the gut wrenching punches of the previous books in the series. Overall a good installment, but not as intense as the previous two.
July 17, 2026
This has been a decent series, but there is a fair bit of a feeling of marking time. A lot of analysis that doesn't seem to lead anywhere. The intrigue of what is special about Emily, Dan, Bella and her kids is rather interesting, though we don't know the whole story. The bombardment started to drag a bit, though we got to see how it was affecting the principals of the story and how it sparks the manipulation by some of the bad guys. It ends with quite a cliff-hanger, I must say. BUT, what happened to Katie, Isabella's assistant and good friend. She was also coming home to Liberty and there is no mention of her and Isabella doesn't even wonder about her. Poor Katie.
April 26, 2026
It's been 90 days since things stopped falling from the sky around the globe after the comet passed and silver orbs are appearing in craters. In Liberty Texas, Sheriff Bud Pickett has his hands full along with very few people trying to stop the townspeople being egged on by unscrupulous people into doing something they will all regret, picture a crowd with torches and pitchforks only this time they have guns and Bibles. The orbs are silently watching, judging the people and deciding if humankind is worth saving.
June 15, 2026
They're here
The comet has passed Earth instead of hitting it. What it did bring was meteorites, destruction, and death. But it also left orbs. Glowing orbs.
The orbs communicate to certain individuals, like Sofia, a six year old child. She is one of the people tracked by the PPD in Liberty County, like Daniel and Emily.
Now, the wrong people want to take over, but Bud, Emily, and Professor X are standing in the way.
Good, fast-moving story with nice twists. I enjoyed the book.
The comet has passed Earth instead of hitting it. What it did bring was meteorites, destruction, and death. But it also left orbs. Glowing orbs.
The orbs communicate to certain individuals, like Sofia, a six year old child. She is one of the people tracked by the PPD in Liberty County, like Daniel and Emily.
Now, the wrong people want to take over, but Bud, Emily, and Professor X are standing in the way.
Good, fast-moving story with nice twists. I enjoyed the book.
April 14, 2026
As promised, they're here! The question is, "Who or what is here"? Did they just get here, or did they send a scout team? The result is, Liberty county is in chaos. One little six year old girl seems to be able to talk to the orb and Hartley is stirring up normally acting people. Is Hartley part of the advance team? Something worth wondering about. We were just about to find out when the book ended. Probably the best hook to read the next one ever.
April 20, 2026
Excellent blend of science sci-fi
A small town becomes the focus of a visit by another species beyond normal human concepts of life.
Throw together a couple of families who are discovering they have talents they they do not understand and can't explain. Mister Akart has created concepts that start very difficult to grab but build until you beg for more. This would make a great series of movies.
A small town becomes the focus of a visit by another species beyond normal human concepts of life.
Throw together a couple of families who are discovering they have talents they they do not understand and can't explain. Mister Akart has created concepts that start very difficult to grab but build until you beg for more. This would make a great series of movies.
April 27, 2026
To put it simply, this is an awesome story. I was hooked from the very beginning, and it keeps me totally invested. The one downfall? The OVERUSE of simile and certain repetitive phrases… “ he did not have the language to describe..”
Nonetheless, I am totally hooked and cannot wait for the next book
Nonetheless, I am totally hooked and cannot wait for the next book
April 28, 2026
Definitely a page turner
Book 3 will keep you on the edge of your seat and also make you question the strength of humanity. It definitely is dystopian but in a different kind of way and it makes you ask yourself. What would it take for society to fall apart. Definitely a page turner, I can’t wait until book 4.
Book 3 will keep you on the edge of your seat and also make you question the strength of humanity. It definitely is dystopian but in a different kind of way and it makes you ask yourself. What would it take for society to fall apart. Definitely a page turner, I can’t wait until book 4.
May 23, 2026
The series has me captivated, loving the science and the mystery. But for the love of god, I’ve never seen characters that are so completely passive and unwilling to do something to change their situation. So many instances of characters learning something super important, and then just letting it drop. I’m not sure if it’s horrible writing, or there is a genius mastermind behind this.
June 20, 2026
well, it was another all nighter
Look this book is better than the last one. The last one was better than the first one. I don’t know it just keeps on getting better and better. I’m at the end of my seat. I’m chewing my fingernails. They are absolutely engrossing. I can’t stop reading it it’s all I think about.
Look this book is better than the last one. The last one was better than the first one. I don’t know it just keeps on getting better and better. I’m at the end of my seat. I’m chewing my fingernails. They are absolutely engrossing. I can’t stop reading it it’s all I think about.
April 11, 2026
Oh my goodness!
You will be amazed! This book 3 really catches you up from the first 2. You will have all the questions sitting there, and then.......it stops! Darn it to heck! Now we all have to wait til the final book 4! I can't wait! Liz f/S. Point, NJ, USA
You will be amazed! This book 3 really catches you up from the first 2. You will have all the questions sitting there, and then.......it stops! Darn it to heck! Now we all have to wait til the final book 4! I can't wait! Liz f/S. Point, NJ, USA
April 17, 2026
Great post apocalyptic first contact story
I just finished book three of this series. All I can say is Wow! Bobby Akart has woven a tight story about what happens when alien objects land in your backyard. Can’t wait for book 4.
I just finished book three of this series. All I can say is Wow! Bobby Akart has woven a tight story about what happens when alien objects land in your backyard. Can’t wait for book 4.
April 25, 2026
One heck of a ride
Bobby Akart has shifted slightly off the path of his standard genre and proved he's got the chops to keep readers coming back. The mystery continues, the tension keeps building, and I'm here for it.
Bobby Akart has shifted slightly off the path of his standard genre and proved he's got the chops to keep readers coming back. The mystery continues, the tension keeps building, and I'm here for it.
May 5, 2026
Another great edge of your seat read.
Having read all of Mr. Akart's books . This is not a disappointment. Characters well developed and a solid plot. Can't wait to continue later this month. Thank you for the stories you bring to my life. Thoroughly enjoy them.
Having read all of Mr. Akart's books . This is not a disappointment. Characters well developed and a solid plot. Can't wait to continue later this month. Thank you for the stories you bring to my life. Thoroughly enjoy them.
June 5, 2026
Book 3 Wavers
Vol's 1&2 were intriguing. Number 3? Not as much. Local politics and the introduction to a county takeover...usual angry mob story line. There are teasers and high points but I found myself skimming over the last third of the book....Until...
Vol's 1&2 were intriguing. Number 3? Not as much. Local politics and the introduction to a county takeover...usual angry mob story line. There are teasers and high points but I found myself skimming over the last third of the book....Until...
June 8, 2026
Aliens are among us and Bobby Akart understands
Fascinating and Believable. Science Fiction? and human drama. This feels real like every Akart book I’ve ever read. Best Author today and always relevant
Fascinating and Believable. Science Fiction? and human drama. This feels real like every Akart book I’ve ever read. Best Author today and always relevant
September 7, 2026
Black Swan 3
The “comet” has come and gone leaving glowing orbs in its wake. The Picketts and Bella’s family remain the midst. Who is T. White and what is his role in the attempt to shut them down?
The “comet” has come and gone leaving glowing orbs in its wake. The Picketts and Bella’s family remain the midst. Who is T. White and what is his role in the attempt to shut them down?
April 11, 2026
It’s a great story however I found much of it drawn out and padded. Others may feel differently but it spoilt it for me.
April 12, 2026
No!
Great book. Lots of twists and turns. I almost can't wait for the 4th book to be available. Part III is nonstop.
Great book. Lots of twists and turns. I almost can't wait for the 4th book to be available. Part III is nonstop.
April 13, 2026
Oh my, oh my. Waiting another month for the next book.... simply torture. :)
Bobby never fails to keep me
Bobby never fails to keep me
April 14, 2026
exciting story!
This series will keep you on the edge of your seat. Plenty of late nights. Thrilling to read! Love it
This series will keep you on the edge of your seat. Plenty of late nights. Thrilling to read! Love it
April 17, 2026
Can't wait for the last book. This leaves you hanging on the edge of your seat. Counting the days for the last Black Swan book.
April 23, 2026
So good! I love this Author!!
April 26, 2026
Page turner!
When Bobby Smart writes a story you feel like you are right there with the characters. Can't wait for book four.
When Bobby Smart writes a story you feel like you are right there with the characters. Can't wait for book four.
April 30, 2026
Oh!
The ending! What a show stopper! I wasn't expecting that to happen. Okay, gotta run to the next book now.
The ending! What a show stopper! I wasn't expecting that to happen. Okay, gotta run to the next book now.
May 13, 2026
Bobby, what a wonderful book about an alien encounter! Great character development too! The sequel will be out in about a week (May 2026) and I look forward to reading it.
May 16, 2026
An editor would go a long way
Good story but too many redundancies and drifting plot lines. An editor could clean this up and make it a lot better.
Good story but too many redundancies and drifting plot lines. An editor could clean this up and make it a lot better.
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