Encounter With Tiber

Apollo 11 astronout, Buzz Aldrin, shared perhaps the greatest moment in history when he and Neil Armstrong became the first humans to set foot on another world. Now this renowned futurist team with Hugo and Nebula Award finalist, John Barnes, to create one of the most acclaimed space sagas of our time. ENCOUNTER WITH TIBER is a 10,000 year epic of a grand quest to explore the stars and the actual ways to make that quest the next true chapter in history. Each volume come with an original photo of Aldrin signing the books,a Certificate of Authenticity, Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity and a two-part Hologram which is securely located on the signed page and on the individual COA. This hand-signed, leather and silk with gilt volume is certain to become a must-have for collectors and professional libraries. It is a chronicle of two grand quests, two dynasties of heroes. A new space race is sparked by a bitter feud between scientist-astronaut Chris Terence and visionary entrepreneur Sig Jarlsbourg: two enemies determined to claim the frontier blazed by the Apollo pioneers. But a radio beacon from deep space, from a world called Tiber, will bring both men together - and lead one to his doom. Solving the Tiberian mystery becomes a legacy, driving Chris's son and Jarlsbourg's heir, Jason Terence, to found the first city on Mars, and leading their descendants beyond the confines of the solar system. Encounter with Tiber is the saga of another family as well. Its heroes were brave, desperate, ancient beings who learned all too well the precious fragility of lives and worlds. Beings who did indeed come to our ancestors in chariots of fire - and who proved to be anything but gods...