The Orion Plan (50 page)
Authors: Mark Alpert
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
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THE ORION PLAN.
Copyright © 2016 by Mark Alpert. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Cover design by Ervin Serrano
Cover photographs: asteroid by Triff/Shutterstock; stars by Johan Swanepoel/Shutterstock
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Alpert, Mark, 1961â author.
Title: The Orion plan: a thriller / Mark Alpert.
Description: First edition. | New York: Thomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015039016 | ISBN 9781250065414 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781466872233 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Human-alien encountersâFiction. | Extraterrestrial beingsâFiction. | BrainwashingâFiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Technological. | GSAFD: Science fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3601.L67 O75 2016 | DDC 813/.6âdc23
LC record available at
http://lccn.loc.gov/2015039016
e-ISBN 9781466872233
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First Edition: February 2016