"Neil Armstrong's first step hadn't been the first step at all. "A stand alone, continuation of the popular action-thriller "The Scorpion". If you like Leslie Wolfe, Jack Reacher, Jason Bourne, and Jack Ryan, then you'll love this book. *************** TOP SECRET *************** EYES ONLY - Readers intrigued by stories of government conspiracies and the opportunity of opening their eyes to the true reasons behind publicly know historical events. (MJ-CIA195?PH/topsecret)An old, gray aluminum box is found stashed away on the back of a shelf in a deceased man's basement. The man's nephew recalls a story that his uncle told him as a small child that he thinks somehow is connected with the mysterious box. A story of how he obtained a piece of a spaceship back in the 1970s.The nephew attempts to contact the "Folsom Street Avenger" to help him identify the box and possibly spread the word to the American public if there is evidence of governmental corruption or a conspiracy. But the Avenger (Jack Arthur) has hung up his podcast microphone and passed his business of creating and distributing information to the American public to "The Scorpion" (Bruce Herdino).Arthur, himself a retired but experienced member of a secret arm of the National Security Agency, is worried that handing Herdino a mission to unearth government secrets connected with the gray box is over his head. Herdino has never received any training as an NSA agent, but has been doing a great job creating and distributing podcasts in Arthur's footsteps. So, Arthur asks Special Agent Monica Deverow to head up the investigation and let Herdino tag along.Deverow and Herdino follow a trail of clues that starts with the old gray box and then leads them in a winding pursuit of the truth that involves Apollo 11, Project Horizon, President Eisenhower, xxxxxxxxxxx, the Cuban Missile Crisis, xxxxxxxxx, Operation Paperclip, xxxxxxxxxxxxxx and the Majestic-12.This eye-opening story will change the way that you look into the sky each night and gaze at the Moon. And will impart in you the realization that what you are looking at is actually a vital part of United States National Security. *************** TOP SECRET *************** EYES ONLY 11/21/XXXX