The Ghost: When a ghostly image turns into an apocalyptic threat.

by Stephen Matthews

Part time sky-watcher Dafydd discovers a strange object deep in space which is heading towards Earth. The only issue he has is trying to get someone to acknowledge its presence, and therefore its danger to Earth. Meanwhile NASA is heading for meltdown. Dafydd teams up with ex-NASA employee Nancy and with the help of her father, a retired Admiral, they take on NASA and some political heavyweights, one of whom is a narrow minded and obsessed contender for the Presidency. As his discovery shows its darker side, Dafydd and Nancy, along with Dafydd’s best friend, Jacob, and one of Australia’s leading astronomers, head for the United Nations for the last chance to save Earth.

240 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 8, 2017

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Sadly Stephen died suddenly on the 8th Jan 2022, leaving 2 more books to be proof read and then published. His wife will try to sort them out but at present has a lot to cope with. He wrote up to the end of his life so there are ideas awaiting to be written.

Stephen was a retired software engineer who worked for several major UK companies and travelled the world managing and testing software projects. Then he was more used to writing User Manuals than novels. That is before he retired with his wife to live in Cyprus. There, with time on his hands, ideas in his head and the need to type, he started to write. His first novel, which is still unpublished, took him 4 years.

In his spare time he did charity work on the Island and is a wood turner.

He and his wife have two grown up children and three grandchildren.

He has a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, and an MBA from the Open University.