Armada

In the Year 1995, high above Earth in starlit velvet blackness, three people encounter one of Man's greatest hopes and most terrifying fears-intelligent alien life. Nathaniel Broadsword, the ruggedly handsome space shuttle captain. Margot Chambers, his strong, sensual co-pilot. And Curtiss Baxter, the irascible loner who thought he'd left Earth's problems behind him long ago. They want adventure, and they get it-with the discovery of a great mass hurtling towards Earth. Soon, much to soon, it is close enough to be identified. A ship. A Battleship-ten miles long. No communication can raise it. No pleas for peace can stop it. They call it Armada. And its purposeis suddenly, frighteningly clear...