Black Swan 1: A Natural Disaster Thriller

Black Swan Event

By: Bobby Akart

Narrated by: Andrew Wehrlen

A comet from another solar system.

A conspiracy at the highest levels.

A family caught between the truth...and the end of the world.

The Black Swan Event is a natural disaster thriller series from international bestselling author, Bobby Akart, one of America's favorite storytellers, who has delivered up-all-night thrillers to over two million readers in 245 countries and territories worldwide.

When NASA’s SWAN space telescope detects a faint ultraviolet anomaly beyond the orbit of Jupiter, astronomers assume it’s a comet—an interstellar visitor drifting harmlessly through space. But as more data pours in from observatories around the world, the excitement turns to confusion then to fear.4I/SWAN isn’t just unusual. It’s breaking all the rules.

Trajectory models are beyond explanation. Composition suggests the comet is manufactured.

Outgassing profiles don’t match known celestial bodies.

Radio telescopes detect harmonic pulses no one can explain.

Scientists whisper the unthinkable: What if this isn’t natural?

Professor Johan Xavier, widely known as Professor X, a brilliant but controversial planetary scientist, has built a career following the mantra, I champion hard science over comfortable assumptions. As 4I/SWAN’s anomalies grow harder to dismiss, Professor X becomes a outspoken, prominent public voice in the debate over what’s really soaring through our solar system.

Emily Pickett, a brilliant Caltech researcher for Professor X, is among the first to notice that 4I/SWAN isn’t behaving like a natural object. Daniel Pickett, Emily’s younger brother, is a rising NASA astrobiologist working inside a CIA-created classified program. He discovers anomalies in 4I/SWAN that raise more questions than answers. If the comet is a messenger, the fate of humanity may be the message.

If it’s something else, humanity may be the target.

Black Swan reveals a conspiracy that threatens the world but will leave you asking, “Are we alone?”

©2025 Bobby Akart Inc. (P)2026 Bobby Akart Inc.

It was ok.

It was ok.Not my favorite book by him.It didn't catch my attention and hold it.

wow ...

Simply put, it's really good ! The story line, the voice performance everything was excellent. I can't wait to start Book 2

Edge of the seat

Bobby, you did it again.You left us on the edge of the seat.Hurry up with the second book, a long time fan.

Repetitive

Loved Akart’s Yellowstone series. This one, the concept is interesting but horrible narration and repetitive writing. I can’t tell you how many times someone’s coffee went cold. Or a cold feeling crossed their chest. But the narrator is the absolute worst. Any word that ends in “d” is pronounced with an “a” after the d. Like benda, saida, starteda. Also words beginning with “s” have an extra vowel before it. Extremely annoying!!!!

On & on

It seemed to go on forever. I finally just skipped to the end. Ugh! On & on.