This month's free SF eBook from Phoenix Press is The Shape of Silence, by Stephen Leigh. From the publisher's website:
"Replete with adventure, mystery, and sociological conflict."—Publishers Weekly
First contact was never supposed to be like this.
A sudden rift appears in near-earth space, causing electronic components to permanently fail and cause total chaos. As Earth's fragile technological society disintegrates, no one can answer the obvious question: What is the rift, and who or what has created it?
A new generation comes to age attempting to answer these questions, and Taria Spears, an anthropologist, is selected as part of the crew on the exploratory ship Lightbringer. Lightbringer's mission is to investigate the worm-hole-like Rift and, if possible, to pass through it to find out what lies on the other side, and to seek some answers.
But what if all they find is an alien culture where sound, not sight is the primary sense?"
To get your free eBook, go to PPickings.com and scroll down to the book title. Under the book cover, click on "FREE EBOOK of the Month." The coupon code is 9991463.
Happy reading!
