First contact was never meant to happen this way.
When the insectoid Chhrt’ktk’t abandon a failing shipyard in a remote star system, they intend it as a decoy to escape their enemies. Instead, humanity finds it. And everything changes.
Alex Holder, a retired engineer with more curiosity than caution, becomes the unlikely caretaker of alien technology beyond human understanding. The Chhrt’ktk’t chose him for his adaptability, but not even they could predict what he would build—or unleash—with the power they left behind.
Blending hard science fiction with awe and moral intrigue, Bearing Gifts by Sean Fenian recalls the visionary scope of Arthur C. Clarke and Larry Niven. A story about chance, creation, and the unpredictable nature of intelligence itself.
