Alien Times – Book 3, Retribution (Alien Times Series)

Alien Times – Book 3, Retribution, continues the story with Special Investigative Agent Sam Holden and Washington Post Senior Staff Reporter Julie Peterson meeting with President Zora Madison to plan a space journey with Idin to meet with the Galactic Federation High Council members. The Udaran leader Tarid and his two allied races have broken all GF rules by interfering with the planet to speed up human extinction. Bold action must be taken by the President to force Tarid to leave the planet before he can accomplish his goal for human extinction. The battle with the Joint Navy Pacific War Fleet to force Tarid to leave is disastrous for all involved. Alien Times – Book 3 begins with a visit to the High Council members’ Galactic Federation located in Alpha Centauri to explain why the GF should continue to try and help the human race when many humans do not want them to interfere regardless of the growing environmental crises occurring on the planet. Zora pleads to the Hight Council that the human race might not survive if they do not receive help from a more advanced race than themselves. In addition, Tarid has violated the planet by attacking the U.S. Navy fleet and harming the environment with drones by decreasing oxygen levels in the oceans. Tarid and his allies must be forced to leave Earth at once. Following the meeting, a brief visit to Idin’s home world highlights the potential for human advancement if the human race decides to join the Galactic Federation and abide by its rules. However, problems at home begin to escalate out of control for President Madison. Food shortages due to climate change affecting the food supply create an international incident. Panamanian insurgents attack the five largest Panamanian shipping ports and close down the Panama Canal preventing food shipments from reaching their destinations. Zora has to send Naval ships and Marines to re-open the ports. The hunt for Colonel Hobson and his men continue to frustrate Sam and Jack as they try to capture him. Hobson partners with Tarid to continue efforts to make Idin stop helping humans. Defying all GF requests to leave the planet peacefully, Tarid decides to make a final attempt to make humans reject Idin’s offer of help. Tarid is willing to resist all efforts to force him to leave the planet before humans become extinct due to their mismanagement of the planet’s resources and warlike nature. Idin discovers a new threat from Tarid and tells President Madison that a new Udaran outpost has been discovered in the Antarctic region. Idin believes Tarid and his allies are planning to collapse the West Antarctic Ice Sheet causing a massive rise in sea levels. Tarid plans to separate the Twaites Ice Shelf, also known as the “Doomsday Glacier” by creating a rift in the ice sheet. If this happens, sea level will rise up to 2 feet within a decade. The threat is real, and Zora authorizes a Joint Navy Pacific War Fleet to force Tarid to leave the planet and destroy his underwater sea base in the pacific. Tarid refuses to leave and fights back with devastating results to the fleet. All will be lost if Idin cannot convince the GF to send help to prevent total human catastrophe.