Nnedi Okorafor - Lagoon (epub)[j_ray]

It's up to a famous rapper, a biologist, and a rogue soldier to handle
humanity's first contact with an alien ambassador--and prevent mass
extinction--in this novel that blends magical realism with high-stakes
action.

After word gets out on the Internet that aliens have landed in the
waters outside of the world's fifth most populous city, chaos ensues.
Soon the military, religious leaders, thieves, and crackpots are trying
to control the message on YouTube and on the streets. Meanwhile, the
earth's political superpowers are considering a preemptive nuclear
launch to eradicate the intruders. All that stands between seventeen
million anarchic residents and death is an alien ambassador, a
biologist, a rapper, a soldier, and a myth that may be the size of a
giant spider, or a god revealed.

Title: Lagoon
Author: Nnedi Okorafor
Published: July 14, 2015, by Saga
Language: English
Genre: Science Fiction
ISBN-10: 148144087X
ISBN-13: 978-1481440875
Length: 320 pages