The Circle
Description:... The first book of The Circle trilogy, Intervention, covers the beginning of a long journey. A journey which intertwines the destiny and development of a single, very normal human being with that of his whole race ... and others.
He did not ask to be the chosen one ... she chose him. But he finds her decision to be beyond his capability to refuse.
The path he has to follow and the choices he has to make go beyond what any human being in history has ever been asked to contemplate, let alone decide upon and carry out ... but the future of his race is at stake, and there is a deadline.
Either the human race is judged fit to join the Galactic Community and become, eventually, a valid contributor or it will be seen as a potentially very dangerous intelligence... and that would definitely not be good news for humans, not good news at all.
He has 300 years to get the human race to pass the entry exam; if Earth will get the green light by then, they believe that in three thousand years earthlings will be ready to join the Community. He is not worried about three thousand years, but very, very nervous about the three hundred years deadline. He is not alone in the struggle. The Muirians are ready and willing to help. Generosity from a superior race? Or is there an hidden agenda?
All he knows at this point is that in the unfathomable immensity of the known Universe, Earth and humanity have been discovered by others. It could be the beginning of an unimaginably bright future for human beings or the acceleration towards their doom. Intervention covers the very first few years of this unbelievable journey, and the birth of a relationship which humans did not seek... but now cannot avoid. And he has to make sure that the first steps do not foster the seeds of disaster.
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