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    The Second Ship
    The Second Ship
    The Second Ship
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    The Second Ship

    Written by Richard Phillips

    Narrated by MacLeod Andrews

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    About this audiobook

    In 1948, an alien starship fell from the New Mexico sky—and immediately vanished behind the walls of the Los Alamos Laboratory. Since that day the US military has endeavored to reverse engineer the ship’s alien technology through top-secret research known only as the Rho Project. Now, decades after the crash, the government is prepared tell all.

    Or so it claims…

    For there is a second ship, hidden for all these years, just out of the military’s reach. And when a trio of students discovers it buried deep inside a remote canyon, they are changed forever. With a single touch, the technology the government has spent billions trying to unlock is uploaded into the minds of three teenagers—teenagers who now know the frightening truth about the Rho Project. When the NSA black-ops team of Jack “The Ripper” Gregory and Janet Price come calling, they are thrust into a violent world of secrets and corruption, becoming reluctant soldiers in a war destined to alter what it means to be human.

    Revised edition: This edition of The Second Ship includes editorial revisions.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateOct 2, 2012
    ISBN9781469219431
    The Second Ship
    Author

    Richard Phillips

    Richard Phillips was born in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1956. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1979 and qualified as a US Army Ranger, going on to serve as an officer in the army. He earned a master’s degree in physics from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1989, completing his thesis work at Los Alamos National Laboratory. After working as a research associate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, he returned to the army to complete his tour of duty. Richard is the author of several science fiction and fantasy series, including The Rho Agenda (The Second Ship, Immune, and Wormhole); The Rho Agenda Inception (Once Dead, Dead Wrong, and Dead Shift); The Rho Agenda Assimilation (The Kasari Nexus, The Altreian Enigma, and The Meridian Ascent); and Mark of Fire, Prophecy’s Daughter, Curse of the Chosen, and The Shattered Trident in the epic Endarian Prophecy series. Richard lives with his wife, Carol, in Phoenix, Arizona. For more information, visit www.rhoagenda.com.

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    • 5/5
      Great listen. Keep me totally engaged until the end. Worth checking out.
    • 5/5
      Great listen! I can't wait to listen to the next two in this series!
    • 5/5
      Fast moving and interesting the whole way. Would have loved more Alien vibes and a more clear enemy but the book was still a great read. Fantastic narrator too! Will be searching more of his work!
    • 1/5
      Very much fatfobia and many misogynistic jabs.. I wanted to like it, the premise is good but the execution is lacking.
    • 5/5
      Held my attention from the beginning even though it was juvenile sci-fi. Well with the time and look forward to the 2 more books in the series. Scribd new access to these titles is GREAT!
    • 5/5
      Loved the book and concept. But FYI it's sip-er-net not sipe-er-net
    • 4/5
      Very well paced and has an interesting plot that, while not gripping, will certainly keep you interested. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and the only reason I gave it 4 stars was because I didn't think the main characters were very strong at all. They were fine and they get the job done but nothing special. Overall, well worth a read!
    • 4/5
      The Second Ship The Rho Agenda, Book 1 By: Richard Phillips Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews This book has everything a good sci-fi book needs. A space ship, teens that find it and keep it a secret, evil powers that be, powers enhance those exposed to the ship (the teens), and suspense never ends!!! There are so many side things going on that are also involved, all suspenseful too. This is one nail biter book!!! The narration is perfect for this book! Not once did I stop to think that I was listening to a book, I felt I was watching a movie. Great job.
    • 2/5
      I gave it 1 1/2 stars ONLY because I enjoyed the first two or three chapters. Aside from that -- really? It was horrible. Does the author really believe the reader believes teenagers are running around performing science experiments for fun in their spare time, and that they would keep the existence of a space ship a secret? Okay, sure. And it gets even more unbelievable from there -- I gave up once said teenagers hatch some ridiculous, unbelievable plot about a computer virus linking to the space ship to blah blah blah. WhatEVER.
    • 5/5
      Exceptional first book in the Rho Agenda series! I was grabbed in the Prologue and wasn't let go. Great reading for young people, sci fi buffs and UFO fans, amazing yet made plausible, some perhaps even probable, BUT you do not have to be a fan of sci-fi to thoroughly enjoy this book, it covers so many genres. Richard Phillips is an author to be reckoned with, absolutely incredible. He knows exactly what he is saying and knows how to say it.For those readers who are UFOnauts, it all begins in Groom Lake, Nevada, site of the infamous Area 51. Book One of the Rho Agenda, takes place in and around Los Alamos, New Mexico. I am old enough to recall hearing of the "Roswell Incident" when it happened, so the book is of particular interest to me. However, don't be led astray by that personal fact, this is not about Roswell. This is The Second Ship. A model plane is the method through which this ship will be discovered; not just a model plane but one carrying a camera as an experiment. This model plane just happens to crash in some difficult terrain and must be retrieved.Three high school students, while retrieving their plane, have stumbled across a cave which hides the back entrance, or rather entry point, where an alien ship buried itself when crashing. A highly sophisticated camouflaging device almost thwarts them, but no, they can actually walk right through it, disappearing as they go in and completely out of sight once they are in. As they turn around, they see the back of the ship which they feel must have been able to generate the cloaking devise at the mouth of the cave. There is a gaping hole where it appears the ship was shot down, perhaps by the Rho ship. The Rho ship crashed in the next year after the Roswell event, and has been undergoing tests in either another cavern or another part of the same cave. This ship was also damaged but whether from the crash or a collision or shot down is unknown. The authorities, from several different areas of security, presumably only know of the Rho ship, a cigar-shaped monster. This second ship the teens have just discovered is round, has a mind of its own and is only too ready to give portions of it to the newcomers. The problem with being a high school student though, is that there are certain restrictions on your free time, which makes it difficult for them to spend much time with the ship, but when they do, miraculous things happen.Each student already excels in specific areas: Heather in mathematics, her next-door neighbours the twins Jennifer, excelling in technology, and Mark, into sports. Now, having investigated a number of areas in the ship and done some tests, they have found these skills amplified by multiples. They must now play down their skills so they won't draw attention to themselves and raise suspicion. Soon, Heather realizes that she is being 'stalked' by a skinny tattered man who appears homeless and possibly dangerous. Somehow he knows that they have been to the Second Ship.This book has it all; humour, terror, alien ships, corruption, love, kidnapping, good, evil, secret agents, exciting, conspiracy, greed, thrills and chills, intrigue, deep dark secrets, action, adventure, and great cliff-hangers, especially the last one. The writing style keeps the reader in a constant race against time, running several parts of the story in chapters of their own. This is not as difficult as it sounds, I found it easier to keep track of the parts that make up the whole this way. Other styles would have left me floundering. The book is extremely readable, technical terms seem easy to grasp for the novice, and the action never stops, very fast paced. "The Second Ship" leads into a "must have" feeling for the second book of the series, "Immune". This series definitely promises to carry on like lightning.
    • 4/5
      My Take: What a rollercoaster ride of a book!!. I really liked this book, it grabbed you with the first page and never let go. When the government decides to start releasing the technology that has been found on the ship the whole would is excited. The first technology to be released is cold fusion. Is this a good thing or the beginning of something else? Heather and her friends,twins, Mark and Jen find a second ship out in the desert and enter it. what they find changes their life drastically and they have to keep it secret for now.This is a great book and I think anyone who reads it will enjoy the mystery and thrill of the ride.
    • 5/5
      The Second Ship (The Rho Agenda) is the first in what is to become a trilogy. This story introduces a wonderful set of strong characters that you can easily follow. The three main characters are Heather and her neighbor twins Mark and Jen. These three are still in high school, and their father’s work with the National Laboratory with the Rho Project. When these three teens test a remote control plane with some tweaked equipment, they discover a well-hidden space ship that crashed with the other ship that is the Rho Project. The three decide to keep their ship a secret, at least until they have had the time to fully explore it and what it offers.Events occur after these teens spend time on the second ship that dramatically begins to change their lives in more than a few ways. They work hard to keep these changes from being noticed by everyone, but it proves to be a challenge. After having a special fitted remote control plane crash inside a restricted zone, the teens also notice the special changes that are occurring with the deputy director of the Rho Project and witness this deputy director’s sinister side and they decide to take some creative action.The government is finally announcing to the public some of the hidden mysteries of the Rho Project and what advance technology the Roswell ship provided. Many are pleased, but the three teens feel a certain dread over the news. This was a very suspenseful and exciting story and the reader is left hanging as the story is to be continued. I personally love all stories that tie into the Roswell incident, as well as a fascinating science fiction story and this tale is no exception to that rule. The introduction of characters is easy to follow, even as the events begin to unfold. I found myself wrapped up in this story and along for the ride. With the events that occur, I felt that I saw a symbolism of what can happen when someone is allowed too much power in certain positions in life and career. I am anxious to see what happens as this story ends leaving the reader in suspense as the events that needed answers are left until the installments to come. I definitely recommend this as I feel Mr. Phillips will have ‘Roswell’ tale that will rival all others.
    • 4/5
      I really appreciated this book. I love science fiction/thriller type books, but sometimes they are lacking in plot and believability. I have to say that this was one of the most INTELLIGENT books in this genre I have read. I read the author’s bio on the back of the book and noticed that he has the background to write this book. And it definitely shows. The book centers on a space ship known as the Rho ship hidden by the government, three teens who find a second ship (hence the title of the book), and various mercenaries and government plots involved with the technology of the ships. The teens have started exploring the Second ship, learning about it, letting it learn them, and wisely keeping it a bit of a secret. I love the fact that Mr. Phillips didn’t dumb down the teens. I’m not TOO far from that age group, myself, and I’ve often despaired of the fact that teens are treated as if they don’t have a brain and can’t make mature decisions.Unfortunately there is one person aware of the second ship. A person who sees it as a sort of God-given gift to him. He’s more or less inconsequential, but he IS a lesson.The Rho ship that the government has found, and is releasing technology bit by bit to the public is a pawn used by various people. People blinded by science, and so, willing to lay aside the morality of their decisions. People after something greater, but in a gray way we’re not privy to yet. And of course people who want what it yields for the perceived power of controlling the world.The technology in this book is great. Computers on the Second ship are mind controlled. The ship computer enhances the abilities of the human mind from the 10% we use now to full capacity. The technology of both ships can be used for good. Or for, not exactly evil, but selfish reasons. For delusions of grandeur, for power, for manipulation. All the things that make us so very human.The Second Ship explores who we are, what we are, and what we could be if given the chance. But is that “chance” for the best?
    • 4/5
      While the book did seem to drag at some points and there seemed to be a lot packed into this first book I am totally hooked on the series. Brother and sister, Mark and Jennifer, along with their best friend Heather discover an alien ship and after experimenting with the technology they start to develop all sorts of special abilities. So while at first a lot of what they seem able to do seems unbelievable for teenagers you will quickly get sucked into their adventures as they try to warn the NSA about some sinister plots by the head of the Rho Project. Under cover agents, Jack and Janet, add to the mystery as they try to figure out who has been sending encrypted messages to the NSA (really Mark, Heather and Jennifer) and in the mean time get mixed up in the secret experimentation going on with the Rho Project. I did find it odd that Phillips portrays Jack and Janet as having a relationship despite apparently being some of the most elite agents. From what I gathered this sort of thing is usually frowned upon and I can’t imagine agents that are as good as Jack and Janet would let themselves continue to work together after they became emotionally involved. Despite little things like that this was an excellent first book in a series that will definitely leave the reader wanting to find out what happens next.