Blindsight - By Peter Watts.epub

It doesn’t just ask if we are alone; it asks if our very sense of "self" is a handicap in a competitive universe.

The story begins in 2082 when 65,000 alien probes simultaneously surround Earth, photograph it in a flash of fire, and then vanish. In response, humanity sends the starship Theseus to the edge of the solar system to find out who—or what—is watching. Blindsight by Peter Watts.epub

The crew encounters alien entities that are vastly more intelligent and faster than humans but appear to have no self-awareness or "inner life". It doesn’t just ask if we are alone;

Every wild idea—from the vampires to the space travel—is backed by a 30-page appendix of real scientific citations. The crew encounters alien entities that are vastly

A genetically resurrected vampire —an extinct, predatory subspecies of human with superhuman processing power but a lethal allergy to right angles (the "crucifix glitch").