AORATOSIA by J.M. Manyanga (Paperback)

Max, a graduate student, is recruited by Big Brains America (BBA)-a covert megamind created to safeguard world peace and keep Earth from extinction. The U.S. government and one titan entrepreneur agree to pursue with BBA the most ambitious space mission in history: a bold jaunt through space-time to Jupiter and to Earth's newly-discovered sister planet, Aoratosia, where supposedly no human has landed before. The crew, with Max as its captain, meets with the unexpected. We are not alone.