"Get ready to take a chance on something that just might end up being the most profoundly impactful moment for humanity, for the history... of history." Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of intelligent aliens, who send plans for a mysterious machine.

"Edward Wilson believed in America, and he would sacrifice everything he loved to protect it." The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.