Letter 44 Tp Vol 02 Redshift

(W) Charles Soule (A/CA) Alberto Alburquerque. Six months into his first term* President Stephen Blades is attempting to salvage his administration from the revelation he received on his Inauguration Day--an alien presence is building something in the asteroid belt* and the previous president covered it up while sending a manned mission aboard a ship names the Clarke to investigate. Blades has a plan to end the Middle Eastern wars begun by his predecessor* and to start preparing American for the truth about what's coming... but he's facing serious threats from within his own government and a new* mysterious danger from abroad. Meanwhile* the brave astronauts of the Clarke finally meet the aliens... but what they learn seems likely to doom the Earth.