A signal from the void. A conspiracy on Earth. The race is on.

They thought it was just a spacecraft —

They were wrong.

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VENTURE

Interstellar spacecraft Venture 1 has made contact. But on Earth, the discovery is being suppressed. From the halls of global politics to the streets of Philadelphia, a high school student and a Jesuit Marine race to reveal the truth.

About the author

MIKE RUSSO

Astronomer. Historian. Phillies Phan. Author.

Peter J. Lamana was born in 1967, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He grew up in the small country village in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, along with two older brothers and an older sister. After graduating with honors in 1991, from East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, he went on to earn a master’s of science degree from Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Peter’s many interests and hobbies include cooking, gardening, and family. He is a die-hard Philadelphia Phillies baseball “phan” and enjoys the colorful history of the national pastime. Peter is a former member of the Lehigh Valley Amateur Astronomical Society and continues to pursue a greater-than-casual interest in amateur astronomy. Venture is his first solo project.

About the book

Some discoveries are too dangerous to keep secret.

VENTURE

The Discovery

It began with a research project. A fifteen-year-old student, digging for data for his senior year, stumbles upon an anomaly from the interstellar spacecraft Venture 1. He hasn’t just found data; he has found contact.

The alliance

Overwhelmed by the magnitude of the find, he turns to a family friend—a man with a unique set of skills. A decorated Marine (Ret.), a Jesuit priest, and a systems engineer. Together, they form an unlikely alliance against a shadow force desperate to silence them.

The chase

What follows is a nonstop, action-filled race through a maze of global politics and the gritty streets of Philadelphia. They must stay one step ahead of suppression to reveal what may be the greatest discovery of all time.

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