From the Sky: Arrival
Amazon.com From the Sky: Arrival
My review -
This
is a First Contact story set in America and we meet a small group of people
who, in a very short time, have their whole existence overturned. They are
individuals who each have a lot of baggage and carry history and sometimes
tragedy of their own, even before they see the three massive ships in the air
above them and find out what they are capable of. This is just the first of a
trilogy and I don't want to spoil it with too much detail but it involves this
group in a road trip. One is a small boy with his grandfather and his pet dog
and he features in the exciting climax of book one.
I
loved the writing, the atmosphere of helplessness and the dogged determination
of Jim, the lawman, to uphold the law he believes in, even when it appears
pointless to others. There are a few loose ends to be tied up and they augur
well for the sequels. The interplay between the characters was enough to keep
the tension racked up and the end was exciting enough to increase my heart-rate
for a couple of pages. I thought it was excellent.
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