Red Dot by Eugene Linn

In Red Dot, an alien craft is due to start orbiting Earth 44 days from now.

NASA scientist Claire Montague leads a special team investigating the approaching spaceship and reporting to President Al Douthart.

News of the coming ET encounter spreads after a tumultuous National Security Council meeting, causing upheaval around the world. Just as leaders are beginning to calm the chaos of their countries, thousands of unexplained red dots appear on the ground all over the globe.

As the countdown goes on, Claire and her colleagues struggle to make sense of the mysterious dots and determine what the aliens’ plan is once they reach Earth. But when questions go unanswered and global tensions erupt into violence, Douthart wonders who will be more harmful in the end—ETs or Earthlings?

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