Story Behind The Book
One of my favorite quotations is from Buckminster Fuller: "Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either way, the thought is staggering." It's a thought I fully agree with. I am of the opinion that most novels dealing with the existence of ETI treat the possibility in far too casually a manner. That's why I wrote Indistinguishable from God. I wanted to show one possible scenario of how the discovery of a genuine alien artifact could impact the major institutions of society. I think such a discovery might be the most profound event in all of human history. Have you ever wondered why, with all the claims of UFOs and contact with ETs, no one has ever submitted a real alien artifact? No, not a single one, not even the tiniest sliver. Wait, what's that I hear some of you saying? Such artifacts exist, only scientists refuse to recognize them, or the government hides them. I am aware of several objects people have claimed to be alien artifacts that were submitted for scientific tests. Always, every single one of them, without exception, turned out to be completely mundane objects of ordinary earthly materials. Why hasn't there been something far beyond our ability to explain, or even some exotic alloy, unknown on earth? Surely beings capable of traveling between star systems must have such materials. As a scientist, I say show me something like that, something we couldn't easily manufacture on earth, and I'll take your UFO claim seriously. As Carl Sagan was fond of saying, "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." I also wrote this book to show how real science gets done. What sort of tests would be used? What sort of proof would be required? Real scientists are skeptics. They are not in the business of proving theories true. There real work is trying find the flaws in a theory, to disprove theories. That is exactly how the main character in this book proceeds. Does this mean the book has to be slow moving? Not at all. Read the comments from other science fiction authors, some of them also scientists. Give the book a chance and I think you'll find it to be well worth the price and your time.
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<p class="PreformattedText"></p><p class="PreformattedText"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">“</span></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">...</span></em></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';"> a fast-paced scientific thriller that explores how a world-shattering discovery would challenge not just existing beliefs, but also the power structures of our society</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">.”—<em>Jame<span>s T. Downey,</span></em> <em>author of Communion of Dreams</em></span></strong></p> <p class="PreformattedText"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">“</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">...an enticing beginning which instantly drew me in. There is drama, action, romance, and adventure, making this a very enjoyable story<span>.”<em>—James Jackson, author of First Contact</em></span></span></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">.</span></em></strong></p> <pre><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">“...</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">a fascinating first-rate novel about how science really works, with believable and very human characters. Highly recommend it to everyone, even those who normally would not purchase novels in the science fiction genre will find this book a good read and worthy of their time<span>.”<em>—Joseph Vadalma</em></span></span></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">, author of The Artifact, A Novel of Alien Contact</span></em></strong></pre> <p class="PreformattedText"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">“</span></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">...</span></em></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">a fast paced, one of a kind Sci-Fi suspense thriller.<span> </span>The tension builds from page one, and never lets up as evidence mounts that an object discovered in rock could be the most important discovery of all time.<span> </span>A must read</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">.”—<em>Karl Bozicevic, author of Cardinal Hoax</em></span></strong></p> <p class="PreformattedText"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">“</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">...a thrill ride with more twists and turns than a Möbius strip with a surprise ending.”—<em>Ronald W Hull, author of The Kaleidoscope Effect and Alone?</em></span></strong></p> <pre><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">“</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">...so captivating you don´t want to put the book down for a second.<span>”</span> <em>Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Professor of Astrobiology and author of Voids of Eternity: Alien Encounter</em></span></strong></pre><pre><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">“...</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';">an entertaining stew of a thriller that, once you start, you pretty much have to finish.<span> ”</span>—<em>Al Past, author of the Distant Cousin series</em></span></strong></pre><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Iskoola Pota', 'sans-serif';"></span></strong>