Review: A thought provoking work to say the least
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 4, 2014
The Stygian Conspiracy goes from a typical military science fiction story to a tale about the future of humans as a whole.  It definitely builds up to the climax without giving away where it's going.There are lots of battles, and a considerable amount of politics, but this tale handles both extremely well.  There's no preaching and no philosophy is treated as being necessarily better than the other.  It focuses on what people do with those ideas rather than the ideas themselves.The greed of us humans seems to be the driving message in this book overall, since it is the incessant desire of all sides to gain control of the alien technology that is driving the actions of all the planetary governments, the conspirators, and the two secret societies in the book.I imagine that if technology like that of the aliens in this book were found, a similar situation would take place.  The CIA, KGB, MI6 and other special services from every nation on Earth would be seeking to gain the upper hand in getting the alien data for themselves to elevate their nation above the rest.The scenario presented in this novel certainly made me think about how immature of a species we humans really are.The Stygian Conspiracy is a gem among the refuse and certainly makes the reader think and contemplate our future.A well deserved five stars.