Interior illustrations by William McDonald / AlienUFOart copyright © 2013 by Alten Entertainment of Boca Raton, Inc.

Cover photographs by Ken Gerhardt and Bill Hatcher / Getty Images

Edited by James Frenkel

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Alten, Steve.

The Omega Project / Steve Alten.—First edition.

p.  cm.

ISBN 978-0-7653-3632-3 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4668-2783-7 (e-book)

I.  Title.

PS3551.L764O44 2013

813'.54—dc23

2013006416

e-ISBN 9781466827837

First Edition: August 2013