Crossed Wires: Last Contact

By S. M. Garriga

Alex Norden has spent years trying to decipher his father's final message, sent from Luna-3 just before the station went dark. The official explanation was a fire. Alex has never been entirely convinced.

His girlfriend has finally had enough of his obsession. His new roommate, Oz, presents a different set of mysteries. Why does he talk almost entirely in quotations from old movies? Why doesn't he know what ketchup is? And why does he need so much electricity?

Then a late-night attack sends them fleeing, and Alex discovers that his peculiar roommate is stranger than he ever imagined.

With an unexpectedly resourceful companion and an artificial intelligence displaying a distinctly un-machine-like sense of humor, Alex follows a trail of altered records, mysterious transmissions, and secrets that powerful entities would rather leave buried.

But while Alex is determined to uncover the truth about his past, someone beside him is desperately searching for a way home.

And he may finally have to decide which matters more.

Crossed Wires: Last Contact is an offbeat, character-driven science-fiction mystery about artificial intelligence, unlikely friendships, first contact, and the messages we sometimes fail to understand.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMY2Y2M1
• ISBN13: 9798162250456
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"