The Visitor: First Contact Hard Science Fiction

November 15, 2019 - Comment

The Visitor – hard, near-future science fiction for the listener who likes realism.  Specialist astronaut Evelyn Slater encounters a small, badly damaged, ancient alien artifact on the first ever space junk elimination mission.  Where was it from? Who sent it? International governments impose a security clampdown. Evelyn leads a team of handpicked scientists who make

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The Visitor – hard, near-future science fiction for the listener who likes realism. 

Specialist astronaut Evelyn Slater encounters a small, badly damaged, ancient alien artifact on the first ever space junk elimination mission. 

Where was it from? Who sent it?

International governments impose a security clampdown. Evelyn leads a team of handpicked scientists who make amazing discoveries within the alien device. Secrecy becomes impossible to maintain. When the news is finally released, she becomes embroiled in international politics, worldwide xenophobic hatred, and violence.

This is the first book in the Tony Harmsworth’s First Contact series of novels. If you like realistic near-future stories which compel you to imagine yourself as the protagonist, The Visitor is the book for you. The Visitor is a science fiction for the “thinking” listener and with a wicked twist. Buy it now and be transported into orbit.

Comments

Anonymous says:

Breathless, Utterly Unconvincing and Childlike I bought this on the basis of sterling reviews suggesting that this was a future classic. Well, I’m here to say that this is utter tosh and I only managed to drag myself wearily through half the book before I gave in to the wave of indifference that this induced in me.It starts off well enough but very quickly – in fact as soon as the alien object is located – twists into a book that runs at breakneck speed with no sense of build up or tension and worst of all an almost child like…

Anonymous says:

Great concept, rather disappointing conclusion The first half of this novel sets up an interestingly fresh take on the First Contact scenario.What struck me about the writing though is that whilst the author is clearly knowledgeable regarding modern technologies and the space program, the writing style feels very dated. I was strongly reminded of John Wyndham whilst reading many of the passages. This feeling was reinforced when the occasional romantic interlude occurred. These scenes felt very awkward and clunky, with oddly…

Anonymous says:

A good start and a good ending, but some dodgy preaching in the middle. “The Visitor” by Tony Harmsworth contains some interesting SF ideas, such as “polarised electrons” and an alien-invented purely chemical fuel which seems to rival the energy density of nuclear power sources. However, since by “2034” the human race has, independently of any alien help, created autonomous express cars capable of traveling on public roads from Exeter to London at 200 MPH with no carbon footprint that’s even mentioned, the real surprise is that the alien wonder fuel surprises…

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