Artifact Series by D.R. Swan

August 8, 2085 When an odd, egg shaped, metallic artifact is uncovered in a hundred-million-year old dinosaur dig site in Wyoming, Professor of paleontology, Randall Wilson knows the ramifications. He removes it from among the bones and cleans the caked dirt from its surface then places it under a lamp for a better look and it begins to glow. Bursting from its surface, a hologram appears showing columns of vertical lines and slashes which reminds him of binary code... moreAugust 8, 2085 When an odd, egg shaped, metallic artifact is uncovered in a hundred-million-year old dinosaur dig site in Wyoming, Professor of paleontology, Randall Wilson knows the ramifications. He removes it from among the bones and cleans the caked dirt from its surface then places it under a lamp for a better look and it begins to glow. Bursting from its surface, a hologram appears showing columns of vertical lines and slashes which reminds him of binary code. Instantly, he knows that this artifact couldn’t be from this planet and he also knows that his life might be in danger as countries would kill for the secrets that might be contained beneath its glowing surface. His only hope is to get the alien object to the government before someone else gets to him. Once accomplished, the egg begins revealing its secrets and the race is on to save Earth. less

Dooms Day, May 3, 2101, at 6:00 and twenty seconds. The alien artifact’s predicted collision with Earth by the planet-killing asteroid was fast approaching. The United States had kept the prediction and the alien artifact which made it, a closely held secret but something had changed to alter the prediction, something unexpected and now the Earth was in a different kind of danger, one that might also signal the end of humanity... moreDooms Day, May 3, 2101, at 6:00 and twenty seconds. The alien artifact’s predicted collision with Earth by the planet-killing asteroid was fast approaching. The United States had kept the prediction and the alien artifact which made it, a closely held secret but something had changed to alter the prediction, something unexpected and now the Earth was in a different kind of danger, one that might also signal the end of humanity. In “Waves on Mars,” the United States, helped by the information contained in the alien artifact found in 2085, has begun to colonize Mars and terraform the planet to make it habitable for humans. Mars has surprises unforeseen though, and those surprises alter the American path. Everywhere the United States turns, it’s faced with the unintended consequences of its secret use of the alien information. Now it’s backed into a corner and faced with certain failure or worse, the end of all life here on the only planet we can call, “Mother Earth.” less