Sector 64

In this Amazon Top Rated thriller a chance encounter with a UFO turns disastrous for Afghan War veteran and US Air Force fighter pilot Captain Jake Giard. Having lost one wingman in combat and now another during the UFO encounter, his determination to discover its origin, thrusts Jake into a global conspiracy with galactic roots. The revelations sweep him from Las Vegas' Nellis Air Force base to Washington DC and from Area 51 to the Moon and back. The well-intentioned secret plan to integrate earth into an ancient galactic government originated in 1947. As the catalyst for global change, it led to the Soviet's 1991 collapse, continuing Chinese reforms, and western social shifts. Now it has inadvertently rendered the planet a pawn in an ongoing galactic civil war. Just as Jake completes indoctrination into the integration effort, an aggressive alien race attacks earth, wiping half of humanity from the planet. In an unarmed spaceship, and with only shotguns and pistols at their disposal, Jake leads two wingmen into battle against the enemy. Determined not to lose another comrade, and with the fate of the world in the balance, he knows humanity's very survival hangs on his success or failure. SECTOR 64: Coup de Main is a modern-day, apocalyptic, science fiction thriller that seamlessly ties real world events into a plausible first contact scenario. Its author's background as a combat pilot gives the story's aviation and combat scenes an authentic air.