Rare Earth

On the day of the secret test of Earth's first faster-than-light ship, something goes terribly wrong. The failure of the ship causes the sun to release an electromagnetic storm, which devastates Earth. Blinded by the storm, no one on Earth knows that an invasion force has arrived in our solar system. The helpless people of Earth are saved by a mysterious second ship. But the danger is far from over. The invasion force is trapped on the Moon but resolved to find ways to reach Earth. And...
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On the day of the secret test of Earth's first faster-than-light ship, something goes terribly wrong. The failure of the ship causes the sun to release an electromagnetic storm, which devastates Earth. Blinded by the storm, no one on Earth knows that an invasion force has arrived in our solar system. The helpless people of Earth are saved by a mysterious second ship. But the danger is far from over. The invasion force is trapped on the Moon but resolved to find ways to reach Earth. And who was in the second ship and why did they thwart the invasion? Facing danger on several sides, it falls to Colonel West, the man responsible for the design of the failed engine, to unravel the mystery of both ships and save the Earth. Can he overcome his greatest failure to save the Earth? But he must act quickly, as new enemies are emerging from within the delayed invasion force. And one of them threatens not to conquer humanity but to instead annihilate it. To stop the forces lined up against Earth, Colonel West will find unexpected allies, including a strange creature with a fondness for the American Old West. But this gunslinger is hardly the most surprising piece of history to emerge...the invasion force threatening Earth claims to be from Rome. Can Earth be saved?