Voids of Eternity: Alien Encounter

A Jules Verne - type Science Fiction Novel: It has been nearly 100 years since the Apollo Moon landings. Jack and Vladimir, the sole occupants of a space station in orbit around Venus, are monitoring microbial densities in the Venusian clouds, when they discover a mysterious Void on the surface of the planet. Here, Jack also meets Carmen, a member of the replacement crew on the station, who helps Jack to reveal that the Void is related to indigenous life on Venus. After the discovery of the Venusian Void, more Voids are detected on Earth, Mars, Titan, and inside a planetoid emerging from the Kuiper belt. Upon return from the station, Jack is send on the newly built spaceship Deep Explorer to investigate the Voids on Mars and Titan, search for life on Titan, and intercept the planetoid - which turns out to be inhabited by intelligent aliens. The first encounter of Mankind with these exotic life forms couldn t be more fateful. Jack and his crew not only have to understand their alien biochemistry, abilities, behavior patterns, resilience, and technology, but also the relationship of these life forms to the Voids in a race against time to save all life on Earth.