Earth's first space colonists are on their way to Terra Prime. While they are all in hypersleep, 12-year-old Zack Platt is mistakenly awakened by the starship Constellation's Artificial Intelligence, Sally, when she discovers that something has set off the ship's motion detectors! Is it friend or foe? And why was a 12-year-old boy awakened to investigate?? First Contact is the first book in a series of adventures about the colonists of the starship Constellation and their adventures getting to Terra Prime and then colonizing the new planet. It is written for ages 7-12.