Nick Cook

Lauren Stelleck has a rare ability to ‘see’ sounds in her head as colors and images. Not all sounds, but the sounds received by radio telescopes from the ‘ether’. However, while indulging her passion for experiencing these sounds at the Lovell Radio Observatory, the equipment goes crazy with an unbelievably strong signal that causes electrical pyrotechnics not just at Lovell but also at radio telescopes worldwide. What could possibly cause such a phenonema? Whatever it is, the government sees it as a threat to national security and locks Lovell, and Lauren down.

The Signal is the ‘hook’ for the four Earth Song Series. It is an effective hook making readers want to understand where the phantom signal is coming from and what the effects will be. It is well written, mysterious, suspenseful, and entertaining, and a fine four star story, worth only three stars because it is merely a ‘hook’for a serial series… (más)