Moonstruck – Edward M. Lerner Free Audiobook

Written by Edward M. Lerner
Read by J. D. Hart
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Will our first contact with aliens be the dawn of a new tomorrow — or the last act in human history?

The moon has suddenly acquired its own satellite: a two-mile-across starship that represents a hitherto unsuspected Galactic Commonwealth. The F’thk, a vaguely centaur-like member species for whom Earth’s ecology is hospitable, have been sent to evaluate humanity for prospective membership. The F’thk are overtly friendly but very private – “Information is a trade good.”

As Earth’s scientists struggle to understand their secretive appraisers, odd inconsistencies emerge. As troubling as those anomalies is the re-emergence of a bit of insanity humanity thought it had outgrown: Cold War and nuclear saber-rattling. The Galactics’ arrival may signify the start of a glorious new era, or it may presage the cataclysmic end of human civilization. Which outcome do the aliens really desire … And what will they do if humanity refuses to play its assigned role?