First Contact: WarpStar

By J L Maynor

They built the first true faster-than-light ship to secure humanity's future.

Instead, it may witness its end.

For nearly a century, humanity's expansion into the stars did not bring peace-it only carried Earth's divisions farther into the void. The discovery of an ancient artifact buried beneath Luna unlocked the galactic hyperspace network and opened the door to the stars, but it also left humanity asking a terrifying question:

Who built it... and what happened to them?

When a newly discovered element makes true unrestricted FTL travel possible, the United Federation of Nations launches WarpStar, the most advanced vessel ever created. Commanded by Captain John Henderson-the very man who helped design her-the ship is sent on a mission that will change human history forever.

What waits beyond known space is not wonder.

It is not peace.

And it is not empty.

As ancient mysteries unravel and the darkness beyond the frontier begins to stir, WarpStar and her crew are thrown into a chain of events that will drag humanity into a war unlike anything it has ever known. Empires will collide. Civilizations will burn. And the people of Earth will learn a brutal truth:

The stars were never meant to welcome them.

WarpStar is a sweeping military science fiction epic of first contact, ancient galactic secrets, and humanity's desperate struggle to survive in a universe far older, and far deadlier, than anyone dared imagine.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08R8DKQQ5
• ISBN13: 9798584811150
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"