Blackwell's Dilemma

By Les Broad
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Published: Aug. 26, 2011
Words: 95,115 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466083707

Short description

The last thing any newly inaugurated US President wants is a sudden, major international crisis, but that's exactly what President Blackwell had to face. The weeks and months that followed tested the President's skills in military planning and strategy, global diplomacy and sheer nerve in ways that no other world leader had ever been tested.

Extended description

This is the second volume in the author's 'first contact' series of science fiction novels. In this book, scientists searching for alien intelligence find just what they've been looking for, but are unsure what to do next. Their doubts, and their concern, rise rapidly when they realise that the sugnals they're receiving are coming from only just outside the solar system.
When the signals are decoded they prove to be alien instructions to depopulate North America so that the land mass can be settled by incoming alien lifeforms.
Working with newly inaugurated US President Blackwell, this major threat to humanity's future needs to be dealt with: capitulation isn't an option. The only choice is to repel the invading horde.
Conflict in space, in the air and, finally, on the ground sees the military might of dozens of countries unite to protect the planet, led by a President who feels compelled to accept responsibility for each and every human death.
It is a book that tugs at so many diffe.. (Read more) This is the second volume in the author's 'first contact' series of science fiction novels. In this book, scientists searching for alien intelligence find just what they've been looking for, but are unsure what to do next. Their doubts, and their concern, rise rapidly when they realise that the sugnals they're receiving are coming from only just outside the solar system.
When the signals are decoded they prove to be alien instructions to depopulate North America so that the land mass can be settled by incoming alien lifeforms.
Working with newly inaugurated US President Blackwell, this major threat to humanity's future needs to be dealt with: capitulation isn't an option. The only choice is to repel the invading horde.
Conflict in space, in the air and, finally, on the ground sees the military might of dozens of countries unite to protect the planet, led by a President who feels compelled to accept responsibility for each and every human death.
It is a book that tugs at so many different emotions and is ultimately deeply satisfying.
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president, space shuttle, washington, farming, space station, seti, nuclear weapons, news, special forces, sas, congress, wyoming, colombia, portland, newspapers, seals, prime minister, air force one, taxpayer, taxpayer dollars

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