Independence Day: Silent Zone is a 1997 science-fiction novel written by Stephen Molstad. It is a tie-in prequel to the 1996 film Independence Day. The book was republished in The Complete Independence Day Omnibus in March 2016.
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In the official prequel to Independence Day, Dr. Brackish Okun, head scientist of Area 51, begins to suspect that a massive government cover-up has successfully buried all evidence of alien visitation throughout the years—a cover-up in which Okun is now an unwilling participant.
