For the tens of millions of fans of the fastest-moving box office success of all time, Independence Day, comes the new novel that answers the burning questions left unresolved by the film. Last year's blockbuster movie ID4 instantly hit #1 at the box office, and with good reason. With the most exciting special effects ever devised, illustrating the most gripping tale in film history, Independence Day captured the imaginations of audiences around the world. Now, here is the authorized novel of the cover-up, where it all began. It begins after the alien invaders are drowned and teams are sent out to find survivors. They find instead personal belongings of Dr Brackish Okun, head scientist of Area 51. Okun's story is amazing, yet completely believable. In the 1970s, this CalTech genius arrives at Area 51 to work with the National Security Agency (NSA) and the CIA on the study of a downed spaceship, retrieved from Roswell, New Mexico. But there is much more to the job than Okun realized. He begins to suspect a massive government cover-up that has successfully buried all evidence of alien visitation throughout the years - a cover-up in which Okun is now an unwilling participant. Okun's perseverance leads him to the truth behind the studies of Area 51, the government's fears of an alien invasion and a mysterious encounter in the Mexican desert known as La Manta de Silencia: The Silent Zone.