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The Desert of Glass

Written by: Michael C. Grumley
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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One of mankind's greatest secrets...has been hiding in plain sight for 3,000 years.

Half a century ago, an aberration was spotted by one of our earliest satellites, and summarily dismissed as a hardware malfunction. But it was no aberration. And no malfunction. It was an accidental glimpse of something extraordinary, and very old.

Mocked for decades, the man who designed the satellite is now dead. With the system's original data firmly in the hands of former NTSB investigator Joe Rickards and anthropologist Angela Reed.

But the data is only to be shared with one other person besides them: a seventy-five-year-old NASA engineer who was part of the original program.

Joe Rickards is convinced it will lead mankind into darkness.

Angela believes it may be the answer the modern world has been longing for.

And former NASA engineer Leonard Townsend hasn't the slightest idea what he's about to get involved in.

To make matters worse, through a strange bedside confession, a journalist thousands of miles away has just learned that someone else already knows about the satellite's 50-year-old discovery.

Because they've been secretly using it for years.
©2021 Michael C. Grumley (P)2021 Michael C. Grumley
Mystery Suspense
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slow read

I really struggled to get thru this book. it move along in a slow disjointed manner.

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Love, Love, Love this author and his writing style

I have read everything this author has published and will continue to. The stories catch you from the get go and pull you in. Love his writing style and storylines. Would highly recommend this author and book.

Can't wait for the next one to come out!

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Badly written, explained and narrated

The whole thing was senseless, desperate attempt to create mystery and charm, with inadequate understanding, compilation of quantum mechanics or egyptian history, mostly American Yahoo

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