About to crack open this book here in a few minutes. Got some good recommendations from people for it so figured I would give it a shot.
Blindsight by Peter Watts
"Two months have passed since a myriad of alien objects clenched about the Earth, screaming as they burned. The heavens have been silent since—until a derelict space probe hears whispers from a distant comet. Something talks out there: but not to us. Who should we send to meet the alien, when the alien doesn’t want to meet?"
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