The Phoenix Project: Evolution Goes Interstellar

From the author:

I have always wanted to know who is out there in the Galaxy and beyond. Much of my life has been spent searching for answers to that question. This book summarizes what I have found. It presents a model of extraterrestrial-Human interaction that is compatible with practically all available data.

I used to wonder what a great civilization would do when its sun died. I never dreamed I would find an answer.

Did you ever imagine you could be present at the birth of a great space-faring civilization, building on the ancient wisdom and incredible technology of the Galaxy, and designed to thrive for the next five billion years?

You can: the time of the birth is now; the place is Earth.