The climactic conclusion to Alien Deception! Death has many meanings. For some it is an end while for others it is a beginning. Yet, for one human/alien hybrid, it is a way to have one final chance to try and save Earth, a son he has never seen, and find an enemy that just won’t stay dead.
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The long awaited test of the interstellar spacecraft, which was built with the secret assistance of the United Council for Developing Worlds, is sabotaged. This leads to the discovery of the alien council base on Earth, and also exposes the collusion of Edward Samuel, the President of the United States, with the alien organization. President Edward Samuel is charged with treason and the military has its nuclear weapons poised to strike the alien base unless they surrender.
Soren, the son of Greg and Sarah, has discovered his new talent—the ability to not only influence the thoughts of another person, but to change them completely. If this power, or weapon, should fall into the wrong hands, it could change the balance of control in the galaxy forever. While the leaders of Earth’s countries await the decision of the alien organization, it becomes a race to see who can get to Soren first—his father whose mind is struggling to return from a galactic void, or the most feared and demented alien in the galaxy who has assumed the physical shape of someone very close to Soren.
Review:
The second and final book in Ruggiero’s series continues the enjoyable space opera that began with Alien Deception. And what a continuation it is! Following the path that made The Empire Strikes Back and The Wrath of Khan such great films, Ruggiero dishes out defeat after defeat to our heroes for most of the book. Actors often claim that villains are more interesting to play, well, it’s just as much fun to watch them succeed on occasion. But of course the good guys win in the end and all of the loose ends are neatly tied up. If Alien Deception could be compared to “Doc” Smith’s Gray Lensman, then Alien Revelation is this series’ Children of the Lens. Michael D. Pederson Publisher/Editor Nth Degree
