ABOUT
THE AUTHOR:
Russell
Lutz began his publishing career in the 2000s with several short stories,
among them "Fall", which won the Best Short Story award in 2005
from SFFWorld.com. "Athens 3004" was part of the anthology volume
Silverthought: Ignition in the same year.
He published
his first novel, Iota Cycle, in 2006. The tale of interstellar colonization
won the DIY Festival award for Best Science Fiction Novel, and a New York
Book Festival Honorable Mention for Science Fiction.
Lutz lives
and works in Seattle.
S I L V E R
T H O U G H T P R E S S
independent publisher of speculative fiction
THE
DEPARTMENT OF
OFF WORLD AFFAIRS
a
novel by Russell Lutz
[Click
to read excerpts: Heliopause
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Since
the time of Copernicus, we have asked if we were alone in the universe. Now
we know the answer:
Not even
close.
Astronomer
Vanessa Hargrove longs for the days when mankind sent ships like Voyager toward
the stars. When she accidentally alerts the galaxy to the presence of Earth,
she gets her wish. Thousands of alien species, previously unknown to Earth,
populate the galaxy. Many of them come to visit.
Air Force
test pilot Terry Youngblood is one of the first to interact with these visitors,
transforming him into the military’s leading expert on the tens of thousands
of interstellar guests to Earth. But is the task of avoiding interstellar
incidents, defusing accidental war-provoking situations, and preparing a defense
against possible threats too much for one man?
As a brilliant
young engineer and one of the leading authorities on the physics of space
travel, Keira Desai is selected to be one of the designers of Earth’s
first starship. She sees first hand the marvels that alien technology can
accomplish. But such marvels can quickly become horrors when they are not
properly understood.
And what
of Sylvester, the mysterious snakelike traveler who arrives on Earth to peddle
his wares? He helps to cure mankind’s worst diseases and gives Earth
the means to watch its stellar neighborhood. But what is his game? Can he
truly be trusted?
Leading
the United States—and, in fact, the world—in this exciting and dangerous
new time is the Department of Off World Affairs. DOWA’s mission is to
ensure Earth is ready for the visitors, and that the visitors are ready for
Earth.
The Department
of Off World Affairs: It's your galaxy.
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The
Department of Off World Affairs
by Russell Lutz
Publisher: Silverthought Press
ISBN-10: 0-9815191-7-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-9815191-7-3
488 pages
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