Book Review of the Heroes
of the Earth
Book Blurb
Moving
to Chincoteague has been hard for Alison Grossbard and her younger brother
Arnold. When Dad lost his job as a reporter in Baltimore after speaking out
against the High Ones – big, blue starfish from space that now rule the Earth
-- he was lucky to get a job at the local fusion plant. Sure, the High Ones
brought wonderful technology -- tri-vees and interplanetary travel and nuclear
fusion -- but the High Ones and their human flunkeys punish anyone who
questions their rule, including teenagers like Alison and Arnold.
With the help of Gloria, an alien who can bridge dimensions, and Jo, a girl from an alternate universe with real, live dragons, Arnold and Alison decide to fight. But the High Ones aren’t the only enemies. Can Arnold and Alison become Heroes of Earth without sacrificing themselves?
With the help of Gloria, an alien who can bridge dimensions, and Jo, a girl from an alternate universe with real, live dragons, Arnold and Alison decide to fight. But the High Ones aren’t the only enemies. Can Arnold and Alison become Heroes of Earth without sacrificing themselves?
My review:
Aliens
capturing the Earth, getting in touch with an alien and space travels have always
fascinated me. I have a keen interest in the progress made in this world. So,
whenever I see a book relating to aliens and outer space is a must read book
for me.
The
story is filled with space travels, suspense and drama, which surrounds our
protagonists Arnold and Alison, who live with their parents. As the story moves
on Arnold, joins the so called terrorist group who voice against the High Ones,
the alien race, to end their reign on earth.
You
can find yourself lost in the story once you start reading and the attack that
is to follow on the government buildings in the midst of the night, with the
anticipation of what will be the consequence of such attacks and the
uncertainty that lie ahead.
I
had a great time reading the story but I have to accept it was a bit of
confusing in the middle of what happened and how is it going to affect the
latter half of the story, but clarified my doubts as I went on reading the
story and soon caught with the pace of the story.
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About the author:
He
is the author of five other science fiction/fantasy novels:
The
Sidewise Award-winning novel The Severed Wing (Livingston Press, 2002);
36
(Livingston Press, 2012);
Seven
Against Mars (Wildside Press, 2013);
Save
the Dragons! (Wildside Press, 2013), which was a finalist for the Prometheus
Award; and
Ziona:
A Novel of Alternate History, an expansion of a short story published in
Interzone magazine, May/June 2006 (Amazon/CreateSpace, 2014).
My
short story "Of Cats' Whiskers and Klutzes" appears in the just-released
anthology Brave New Girls, and my horror novel,
All
Souls Day is due out from Silver Leaf Books in February 2016.
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