It came from the deepest reaches of space and landed on the Moon. Constructed of an unidentifiable liquid material, the spherical module spread itself across the lunar surface, forming towers in its wake...

Dr. Cameron Conrad is a physicist and mathematician investigating the alien phenomenon christened the Moon towers. One of the few scientists capable of deciphering the numerical language of the towers' builders, he has become humanity's ambassador for the world's first contact with an extraterrestrial species. But the ominously silent Builders quickly seem to lose interest in communicating with humans. The Moon towers are designed for one purpose only – to bleed hydrogen out of the Sun, turning it into a red giant. With Earth on the brink of destruction, and society collapsing in on itself, Conrad needs to find a way to convince the aliens that humanity is worth saving... if it's not already too late.

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May 1, 2008
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Scott Mackay

Scott Mackay is a Canadian science fiction author from Toronto, where he still lives with his wife and two children. He is the award-winning author of eleven novels and over forty short stories. His short story, Last Inning, won the 1999 Arthur Ellis Award for best short mystery fiction. Another story, Reasons Unknown, won the Okanagan Award for best Literary Short Fiction in early 1999. His first Barry Gilbert mystery, Cold Comfort, was nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award for best mystery novel, and his science fiction novel, The Meek, was a finalist for the prestigious John Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of 2001.…