The Rosetta Man (Book One of the Rosetta Series)
Wanted: Translator for first contact. Immediate opening.
Danger pay allowance
Estlin Hume lives in Twin Butte, Alberta surrounded by a horde of affectionate squirrels. His involuntary squirrel-attracting talent leaves him evicted, expelled, fired and near penniless until two aliens arrive and adopt him as their translator. Yanked around the world at the center of the first contact crisis, Estlin finds his new employers incomprehensible. As he faces the ultimate language barrier, unsympathetic military forces converging in the South Pacific keep threatening to shoot the messenger. The question on everyone’s mind is why are the aliens here? But Estlin’s starting to think we’ll happily blow ourselves up in the process of finding that out.
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330 Page
5.5″ x 8.5″ x .31″
.421 pounds
Paperback ISBN: 9781770531246
eBook ISBN: 9781770530942
BISAC: FIC028000; FIC028120; FIC028090
Genres: Alien Contact, Science Fiction, Adventure Sci-Fi, Action & Adventure, Humorous Fantasy
“What makes The Rosetta Man stand-out?
An unusually dense squirrel population for sci-fi. It’s light-hearted, accessible sci-fi with exotic present day settings and a pair of aliens who are focused on observing the revealing chaos their visit creates.” – Claire McCague
BOOKS IN SERIES:
- Rosetta Man
- Rosetta Mind
Praise:
“This book was such a fun mix of genres, hard but accessible sci-fi, political thriller and comedy. … The Rosetta Man has a large cast of characters and one of the most creative plotlines I’ve ever read. It’s chocked full of believable science, politics and refreshingly unique alien life forms. McCague weaves it all together into something fantastically fun—which is not something I expected out of a hard sci-fi/political thriller. … With its endearing mix of humour and science fiction, I’d recommend The Rosetta Man for anyone who enjoyed Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” – Shelly Campbell
“Wow! This came out a while ago and I ignored it in the avalanche of new books but happed to hear the author at a reading… where I had gone to hear someone else. But five minutes into her reading I had bought the book on Kobo because: brilliant opening, brilliant premise. The book did not disappoint. Funny, tense, and ingenious, it is a first contact novel of the first order. A large cast of characters, all with distinct personalities and agendas react to the mystery of the aliens in a completely credible mixture of stupid and inspired that one expects from actual humans. One of the best books I’ve read this year. Unreservedly recommended.” – Robert RUNTE
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The Rosetta Mind (Book Two of the Rosetta Series)
Surrounded…
Estlin Hume wakes to find himself surrounded by aliens, soldiers, scientists, spies, bureaucrats and a horde of affectionate squirrels. That’s nothing new. But now there’s a giant saltwater tank full of cuttlefish suspended above his house! WTF.
Estlin’s unique ability to translate for a pair of newly arrived aliens has brought the first contact crisis to his doorstep in rural Alberta. Unfortunately, the aliens have silently climbed the nearest tree, leaving him to contend with the cuttlefish, as well as ill-advised directives from government and military officials, and random acts of violence from unknown nefarious agents—all of whom are determined to find out for themselves what the aliens really want. No matter the cost!
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244 Pages
5.5″ x 8.5″ x .31″
.421 pounds
Paperback ISBN: 9781770532137
eBook ISBN: 9781770532120
BISAC: FIC028000; FIC028120; FIC028090
Genres: Alien Contact, Science Fiction, Adventure Sci-Fi, Action & Adventure, Humorous Fantasy
BOOKS IN SERIES:
- The Rosetta Man (Book 1)
- The Rosetta Mind (Book 2)
Praise:
“The novel is packed with so much speculative science, from so many different disciplines, that I finished stunned it was written by one person. McCague is Asimov-like in her command of so many different branches of knowledge, combined with an artist’s sense of timing and story. Only she’s a bit funnier than Isaac, which helps when you think the world is going to end.” — Michael J. Martineck
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