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ATS, get ready to have your paradigm shifted. Next week the one and only Tom DeLonge, co-author and creative inspiration behind Secret Machines: Chasing Shadows , will be on ATS for an “Ask Me Anything.”While many may know of Mr. DeLonge as the lead vocals and guitar of blink182, Springer and I have had the pleasure of a long conversation about his passion for uncovering the truth behind the UFO phenomenon. Over the past couple of years, he’s packed more research and interviews with connected people than many UFO experts do in a lifetime. His goal is to bring about disclosure, and not rest until it happens.Tom’s first shot-across-the-bow at the powers that be is his blockbuster book, Sekret Machines: Chasing Shadows. Based in large part on the research Tom has completed over the past few years, it’s a fast-paced novel based on actual events, written in collaboration with New York Times best selling author and distinguished academic, A. J. Hartley.As an ATS exclusive, we’ve arranged for a free download of the first four chapters. Just click here: Sekret Machines: Chasing Shadows PDF So get your questions ready. This one will be epic.Praised as "an exhilarating thrill ride" that may never have you looking at the night sky the same way again, Chasing Shadows is the first book in the multimedia Sekret Machines franchise that will reveal fascinating secrets surrounding the true, well-documented events of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon. Written by award-winning creator Tom DeLonge and NYTimes bestselling academic AJ Hartley in a powerful collaboration with top government advisors that keep the truth on course in this historical thriller.Tom DeLonge is an award-winning creator, platinum recording artist and entrepreneur from San Diego, CA. He is best known as the lead-vocalist and guitarist for the musical acts blink182 and Angels & Airwaves. After selling 25 million records, touring the world and helping various branded-product companies catapult to success with his influence and exposure, DeLonge exercised his acquired business acumen and spent 15 years developing various international lifestyle brands including Atticus Clothing and Macbeth Footwear. In 2005 he was the driving force behind building innovative and proprietary technology to help artists such as Pearl Jam monetize their content online.A true artist at heart, Delonge continued to write music and expand his creative endeavors to a type of storytelling that transcended music and music videos to include film, publishing and comics. His first independent movie LOVE received critical acclaim from industry influencers such as Variety, won multiple awards on the festival circuit and was shown in over 600 theatres across the US in a one night live event. The full-length feature was accompanied by an original album and graphic novel for fans to fully immerse in an audio-visual ezperience.In 2014 DeLonge created To The Stars, inc., a fully independent production house that would develop, manufacture and directly distribute transmedia franchises. The first, Poet Anderson: the Dream Walker went on to win best animation at the Toronto Shorts Festival and was immediately followed by a critically acclaimed comic book series and full length album by Angels & Airwaves The Dream Walker that topped the Billboard Hot 100. Within a year DeLonge released a 368 page follow-up novel, Poet Anderson…Of Nightmares, co-written by himself and NYTimes bestselling author Suzanne Young that rose to #1 on the Amazon Young Adult list and received 5 out 5 stars in Foreword Reviews being hailed as “an epic and sizzling tale of a teen hero struggling to find his destiny.” The novel release Of Nightmares that also included a music companion piece for readers to listen to while they read.Now To The Stars, inc. continues to be a fully independent direct-to-consumer production house that focuses on storytelling based on science and fiction. Poet Anderson was originally inspired by a sleep study done at Stanford University. His current franchise Sekret Machines Book 1: Chasing Shadows is a technological thriller based on true events revolving around Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon and was guided by a team of top political and military advisors that keep the essential facts and the science behind the events accurate. DeLonge’s co-author, AJ Hartley is a distinguished academic and a NYT bestselling author. Like his franchises before, Sekret Machines includes original music by Angels & Airwaves with common themes discussed in the book and a docu-series is in development that will bring to life the non-fiction series that will be released.