One Earth
Two intelligent civilizations occupy the same world—and the same physical space.
The Right Beside Us Series · Book One
They are not visitors.
They have been here all along.
Two civilizations. One Earth. Separated only by physics—until the separation begins to fail.
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A novel by M. E. Valen
Right Beside Us
What happens when observation becomes reciprocal?
Physicist Mara Calder’s investigation of an impossible experimental anomaly becomes evidence of another civilization. What begins as scientific discovery quickly develops into a crisis involving privacy, consent, institutional power, and survival.
Right Beside Us is a science-forward first-contact thriller about the consequences of discovering that humanity has never actually been alone.
Read or order on AmazonThe premise
The same coordinates.
A different phase.
Separate realities
A physical phase kept each civilization beyond the other’s observation.
A failing boundary
An anomaly turns theory into contact, and discovery into an ethical emergency.
About the author
M. E. Valen
M. E. Valen writes science-forward speculative fiction about first contact, discovery, power, and the consequences of learning that the universe is stranger than we assumed.
His work combines grounded scientific problem-solving with character-driven stories about people forced to make impossible decisions when the rules of reality change. Right Beside Us is the first novel in the series.
Contact
Step across the boundary.
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