Publisher's Synopsis
The Challenge of Contact is Krapf's continuing story of the secret deliberations between a race of alien observers called the Verdants, and some 850 world leaders known as "ambassadors" -- an interplanetary liaison that will soon lead to a formal and public announcement of contact. This book chronicles the dramatic events of Krapf's second period of sojourn on the Verdant craft which occurred in 1999. It also reports key events of "ground contact" with a Verdant representative, with two unnamed Ambassadors -- including a former editorial executive at the L.A. Times -- and with his own guardian angel. Upon his initial abduction onto the Verdant craft in 1997, Krapf discovered that he was hand-picked by this advanced alien race to be their designated "star reporter" for the contact project. This eagerly-awaited second book explains the predicament faced by the human/Verdant team that is planning imminent contact, picking up the thread of what may be the most important story Mr. Krapf, or any other journalist, has ever reported.
