Blindsight
by Peter Watts
It's been two months since countless alien objects docked on Earth, screaming as they burned. Heaven has been silent ever since — until an abandoned space probe hears the whisper of a distant comet. There he says something: but not with us. Who to send to meet an alien when they don't want to meet? Send a linguist with multiple personality disorder and a biologist so fused in a car that he can't feel his own body. Send a pacifist warrior and the vampire is recalled from the grave by a paleogenetic voodoo. Send a man who has abandoned his childhood, who has half his mind. Send them to the edge of the solar system, pray, you can entrust such freaks and monsters to the fate of the world. You fear that they may be more alien than those sent to find out – but if you knew what awaited them, you would give it your all to make it happen. For more information on this topic, visit Peter Watts' website.
