Review: Pretty Good Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2014
Like all the books from this author, this one is full of tense action and intrigue.This story reminds me of the old Twilight Zone episode, "To Serve Man" in many ways. Aliens come bearing gifts but with an ulterior motives.In this scenario, the aliens are after something more tangible than food. They offer technology and an end to war and in ecchange, they will bring Earth into the Galactic Federation.Turns out, they have been watching Star Trek too, and know all the buttons to push in other to get the countries of the world to disarm and drastically reduce their military forces. After one of the aliens is assassinated, they destroy a city in retaliation..For me, the ending was just a little bit too simplistic and could have been enhanced by better descriptions and explanations. Otherwise, this was a very chilling example of the world being taken by an alien force.A good read!