A few months ago, we took a trip from Las Vegas to Death Valley National Park. Area 51 is located behind one of the mountain ranges on the route. One of our stops was at a gas station/convenience store named Area 51. While not exactly near Area 51, the store does display green alien lifeforms and merchandise. While I have no doubt that Area 51 is just an aircraft testing and development facility, there are certainly plenty of conspiracy theories. And some of them can be fun, like this book.
The plot involves the most chilling experiment of all time. There are a dozen scientists and military personnel aware of the experiment and one of them thinks allowing the experiment to go forward may have cataclysmic consequences. There are a handful of people who try to stop the group, and they succeed in saving mankind.
I’m not a big sci-fi fan, but this story was excellent! The characters were well-developed, dialog was believable and the plot was fun. Lest you think that only government conspiracy is involved, the author manages to nicely weave in alien spacecrafts and a mothership, experimental aircraft, foo fighters (I had no idea these things really exist!), Egyptian pyramids, Atlantis, Easter Island, cow mutilations and crop circles just to keep everything interesting.
While this was a great book to escape from reality, be aware that there are 13 books in this series. Sometimes you just can’t stop at just 1, and I may be reading No. 2, The Reply.
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