InterstellarNet: Enigma Part Three: The Xool Emergence

by Edward M. Lerner

Part Three of InterstellarNet: Enigma

Carl Rowland, longtime agent of the United Planets Intelligence Agency, has been recalled to Earth to explain the death of his partner. Setting aside that he’s torn apart over her death, the summons is convenient: on Earth he stands a chance of unraveling an alien plot whose vague outlines have begun to emerge.

Only "convenient" ceases to describe his circumstances as everyone with even an inkling of the plot dies or goes missing …

117 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 4, 2015

About the author

I'm a physicist and computer scientist (among other things). After thirty years in industry, working at every level from individual technical contributor to senior vice president, I now write full-time. Mostly I write science fiction and techno-thrillers, now and again throwing in a straight science or technology article.