T o n y R u g g i e r o

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.