Second Contact
It looked like a no-brainer to defense attorney Major Maxwell Becker. A starship captain has gone a little crazy and killed two of his crewmen in cold blood. Just plead insanity, make sure they give his client a nice, comfortable, padded cell, and go skiing at Aspen.\ But the captain refuses to cop an insanity plea. He insists that the two crew members he killed were not humans, but aliens. That's his story, and he's sticking by it. So Becker reluctantly goes through the motions of trying to...
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This novel brings a unique spin to alien contact stories. It combines action/adventure, mystery and science fiction in a rousing storyline.Cincinnati Enquirer"Contact has rarely been presented more creatively that is has been by Mike Resnick in SECOND CONTACT."-
\ Cincinnati Enquirer"Contact has rarely been presented more creatively that is has been by Mike Resnick in SECOND CONTACT."-\ \ \ \ \ Comic Buyers Guide"Few stories I can recall move any faster or capture the reader any more completely than does SECOND CONTACT. Combining Resnick's marvelously readable style with elements of sf, mystery and spy thriller, it keeps you racing from first page to last."\ \ \ Houston Post"This is Mike Resnick's new and exciting slice of futuristic adventure...Resnick is one of the reigning masters of intelligent action yarns..."\ \ \ \ \ New York Daily News"Resnick is a deft storyteller...you'll love SECOND CONTACT."--\ \ \ \ \ Publisher's Weekly"Resnick weaves a tight and well-paced SF murder mystery with a pleasingly logical yet unexpected conclusion."\ \ \ \ \ Don d'Ammassa“A delightful blend of mystery and sf, with a couple of Resnick’s more memorable characters, it’s his most relentlessly gripping story line yet. One of those books you keep telling yourself you’ll only read a portion of at a time, and then finish in a single sitting.” – Science Fiction Chronicle\ \ \ \ \ Faren Miller“Taut and suspenseful, Second Contact resembles a good Cold War thriller.”\ \ \ \ \ unknown unknown“If you like computers, science fiction, or just a plain good read, then you’ll love Second Contact”\ \
