Challenge Of Contact: A Mainstream Journalist's Report on Interplanetary Diplomacy

Phillip Krapf continues his story of the secret deliberations between a race of alien observers called the Verdants, and some 850 world leaders known as ambassadors, an interplanetary liason that will soon lead to a formal and public announcement of contact. This book chronicles the dramatic events of Krapf's second sojourn on the Verdant craft which occured in 1999.

Philip H. Krapf worked for 25 years as an editor on the Metro copy desk at the Los Angeles Times. During htat time, he shared in a Pulitzer Prize as a member of the metro team that covered the L.A. riots of 1992. Before his retirement, Krapf had spent a total of 30 years in the newspaper business, starting out as a cub reporter and eventually becoming the managing editor of the newspaper for the San Fernando valley community, before moving on to the L.A.Times. He has remained active in retirement as a freelance writer and lives with his wife in Southern california.