Stories of First Contact by Siniša Komlen, science fiction (first contact, SETI, astrobiology), releasing August 31, 2026.
24 interconnected stories built around one question: what would humanity's actual first encounter with extraterrestrial intelligence look like? Not invasion, not salvation, something slower and stranger. A signal with no clear origin. A discovery beneath the ice of Europa that no mission protocol anticipated. An alien probe that arrives without explanation. A technosignature that might mean civilization, or might mean nothing.
The stories follow Arthur Macmillan, an introverted scientist who keeps ending up at the center of these encounters, grounded in real science: SETI, astrobiology, the Fermi paradox, the Drake equation.
Triggers: existential risk and human extinction themes, interstellar conflict, and psychological breakdown in some stories. No sexual content or graphic violence.
Stories of First Contact by Siniša Komlen, science fiction (first contact, SETI, astrobiology), releasing August 31, 2026.
24 interconnected stories built around one question: what would humanity's actual first encounter with extraterrestrial intelligence look like? Not invasion, not salvation, something slower and stranger. A signal with no clear origin. A discovery beneath the ice of Europa that no mission protocol anticipated. An alien probe that arrives without explanation. A technosignature that might mean civilization, or might mean nothing.
The stories follow Arthur Macmillan, an introverted scientist who keeps ending up at the center of these encounters, grounded in real science: SETI, astrobiology, the Fermi paradox, the Drake equation.
Triggers: existential risk and human extinction themes, interstellar conflict, and psychological breakdown in some stories. No sexual content or graphic violence.
Kindle preorder: $4.19, live August 31.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H46DG4SC
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
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