The Marco Polo captained by David Catney is the first of its kind to lead mankind to Proxima Centauri outside Earth's Solar System. Unexpectedly the ship's scientists detect power readings, they confirm they are artificial, obviously alien and emanate from Planet III... a wasteland that suffered a devastating nuclear bombardment many thousands of years before. Archaelogists discover an alien library deep underground and are astonished to unlock its secrets with human DNA.They determine a race called the Saiph have left a database to guide human survival against a merciless and previously unencountered enemy called the 'Others'. Now that humans have found the Saiph, the Ohers will surely find them.
Praise for Discovery of the Saiph:
Discovery of the Saiph is PP Corcoran's debut novel and book 1 in The Saiph Series. In 2015 it became a number 1 best-seller in military science fiction in Amazon UK and Australia.
The Saiph Series comes highly recommended from fans of the Honor Harrington and Lost Fleet series, the works of Jack McDevitt, The Mote In God's Eye by Niven and Pournelle, Asimov and Arthur C Clark.