COMPETING FORCES: THREATS FROM ABOVE

THE STORY

On August 7, 1941 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt conducted a secret meeting aboard the USS Augusta off the coast of Newfoundland. It was there that Churchill endeavored to convince Roosevelt to enter the war in support of England. On the following day, a Sunday, Roosevelt transferred to the HMS Prince of Wales to meet again with Churchill. They sat through a church service on the fantail along with their staffs and nearly the entire ship’s company. Churchill chose the hymns for the service, which included “Onward Christian Soldiers.” Later Churchill explained. “I felt,” he said, “that this was no vain presumption, but that we had the right to feel that we were serving a cause for the sake of which a trumpet has sounded from on high. When I looked upon that densely packed congregation of fighting men it swept across me that here was the only hope, but also the sure hope, that we had the right to feel that we were serving a cause for the sake of which a trumpet has sounded from on high.” They did reach consensus on a statement which was later released and became known as the Atlantic Charter—the impetus behind the later created United Nations. The United States entered the World War II a few months later after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

It’s now seventy-five years later. President Baxter, the leader of the free world, has requested to meet with Prime Minister Geoff Clavington and Russian President Alexander Medvedev at Placenta Bay under cover of a reenactment of the famous Atlantic Charter meeting. He traveled there aboard the USS Iowa with a strike force that included several other U.S. warships. It was August 7, 2016. The reenactment cover was necessary to discuss security concerns the magnitude of which the free world had never before faced—threats from high on—from outer space. The United States had intelligence indicating an impeding attack on Earth by an alien force with intentions to conquer Earth and enslave all mankind. The leaders soon learned of another alien force with its military sights focused on Earth. Competing forces from outer space were about to make their move and Earth’s disparate military commands were unprepared. From that meeting another important statement emerged—a joint agreement by President Baxter, Prime Minister Clavington, and President Medvedev regarding the establishment of Earth’s Defense Operation Command. Weeks later Earth was under attack and sorely prepared for the devastation that followed. 

PURCHASE

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Genre: Speculative (SciFi) Fiction

ISBN: 13: 978-1-62183-564-6

EXCERPT

"Yes, but your work is just as important as some of the other initiatives we have going, Charley.  Take a seat and tell me what's going on out there in space and with the decoding work."

"Well, for starters, Mr. President, DoD has put up another SMDS satellite. The Secretary told me they're working on an accelerated schedule and plan to have the entire system operational within four to six months; some of it is already operational. As for FRBs, we're still hard at work trying to decode one, but without any success to speak of."

"Don't you have enough people working on it? I thought you hired some smart professor to manage the whole decoding effort."

"Yes, I did, Mr. President, but trying to decode a signal with an 'on and off' cycle that only lasts a decisecond of time is damn hard to do. Let me move on to something else that is related to FRBs. I'm assuming you've been briefed on the sinking of the Russian submarine off the coast of South Carolina."

"Yes, and again this morning regarding the rescue operation. SecNav says they were able to rescue the crew, but they scuttled the sub. She's still down there resting on the bottom of the ocean. Since you know about the skirmish, you must also know the Secretary of the Navy is very concerned about what happened. Are you?"

"Yes, Mr. President, that's one of the reasons I asked to see you. Brad Lloyd, the sociolinguistics professor I hired from Pinceton to head up our Science Language Section suggested an approach to find out if extraterrestrials were already here on Earth. He theorized they might be here and might also be responding to these FRBs we've been recording. The only way I knew to test his theory was to equip one of our astronauts on the International Space Station with a device to monitor Earth for outbound FRBs. I thought it was a long shot, but his theory has proven to be true."

"You're telling me we've got proof of two-way alien communications!"

"Yes, sir..."

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Brighton Publishing releases “Competing Forces:Threats from Above” from novelist Jack Kasinger

 “Showcasing his literary gifts, Kassinger pens yet another masterpiece of suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat.” MESA (AZ)—Brighton Publishing LLC is pleased to announce the eBook release of Competing Forces: Threats from Above from novelist Jack Kassinger. 

It is now available in eBook formats from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other leading eBook retailers nationwide. The print format is scheduled for an early-summer 2020 release, and will be distributed by Ingram, the world’s largest wholesale book distributor, in addition to being available worldwide through the Espresso Book Machine Network. 

Synopsis: On August 7, 1941 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt conducted a secret meeting aboard the USS Augusta off the coast of Newfoundland. It was there that Churchill endeavored to convince Roosevelt to enter the war in support of England. On the following day, a Sunday, Roosevelt transferred to the HMS Prince of Wales to meet again with Churchill. They sat through a church service on the fantail along with their staffs and nearly the entire ship’s company. Churchill chose the hymns for the service, which included “Onward Christian Soldiers.” Later Churchill explained. “I felt,” he said, “that this was no vain presumption, but that we had the right to feel that we were serving a cause for the sake of which a trumpet has sounded from on high. When I looked upon that densely packed congregation of fighting men it swept across me that here was the only hope, but also the sure hope, that we had the right to feel that we were serving a cause for the sake of which a trumpet has sounded from on high.” They did reach consensus on a statement which was later released and became known as the Atlantic Charter—the impetus behind the later created United Nations. The United States entered the World War II a few months later after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. 

It’s now seventy-five years later. President Baxter, the leader of the free world, has requested to meet with Prime Minister Geoff Clavington and Russian President Alexander Medvedev at Placenta Bay under cover of a reenactment of the famous Atlantic Charter meeting. He traveled there aboard the USS Iowa with a strike force that included several other U.S. warships. It was August 7, 2016. The reenactment cover was necessary to discuss security concerns the magnitude of which the free world had never before faced—threats from high on—from outer space. The United States had intelligence indicating an impeding attack on Earth by an alien force with intentions to conquer Earth and enslave all mankind. The leaders soon learned of another alien force with its military sights focused on Earth. Competing forces from outer space were about to make their move and Earth’s disparate military commands were unprepared. From that meeting another important statement emerged—a joint agreement by President Baxter, Prime Minister Clavington, and President Medvedev regarding the establishment of Earth’s Defense Operation Command. Weeks later Earth was under attack and sorely prepared for the devastation that followed.