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Summary: An outstanding piece of work!
Review: The best sci-fi book I've ever read! Not only does it combine myth and legend with facts, it keeps you in suspense the entire time, not knowing what will happen on the next page! The characters are real and believable. The story flows very smoothly and entertaining.
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Summary: Area51: The Reply is a Great book!
Review: This a great book by robert Doherty he mixs fact with fiction some of it true and some ot true but it is a great book!
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Summary: Excellent Sci-Fi Military Thriller...
Review: This book doesn't even skip a beat from the the first book by Robert Doherty. The characters are back and this time there is a group of alien ships racing toward earth from Mars. Mike Turcotte once again finds himself in a struggle to save the world. As with the first book this one is loaded with action. Doherty (Bob Mayer in real life) has a lot of experience in the Special Forces and is very talented at describing what soldiers go through during battle sequences. If you like techno sci-fi military action-thrillers, then this is the series for you.
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Summary: Picked up Right Where the First One Ended
Review: This book doesn't even skip a beat from the the first book by Robert Doherty. The characters are back and this time there is a group of alien ships racing toward earth from Mars. Mike Turcotte once again finds himself in a struggle to save the world. As with the first book this one is loaded with action. Doherty (Bob Mayer in real life) has a lot of experience in the Special Forces and is very talented at describing what soldiers go through during battle sequences. If you like techno sci-fi military action-thrillers, then this is the series for you.
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Summary: Good sequel, but doesn't close the door
Review: This book got pretty wild with some of the action-- I'm more interested in the connections to ancient artifacts and man's history that the author covers. Hope the next book answers some more questions in that area. Definitely need to read this series in order or it could be confusing. This is less 'factual' than some other books on the market about Area 51, but more entertaining. Might want to look at Darlington's book if you want the 'real' state of things at Area 51 right now.
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Summary: Good sequel - but same old stuff...
Review: This book is a sequel to the aptly named "Area 51." The basic theme and much of the characters follow from that book into this second outing. I was not a huge fan of the first book simply because there was nothing new in the book as far as the "aliens among us" theme. This is somewhat true of the sequel but the overall mystery takes on some new dimensions in this sequel that I found interesting and fun to read. One of the more interesting elements is that this sequel opens up with Majestic 12 and the events at Area 51 having been exposed to the public at large. A new group has been formed: the United Nations Alien Oversight Committee (UNAOC). (This is not giving anything away as this pretty much happened right at the end of the first book.) This is a pretty clever way to do things because most such books always have the aliens being in complete secret or rely on the shadowy machinations of shadow governments. (Of course, there are a few elements of those things in the book as well.)Other than that, this book is pretty much a direct continuation of the first book, populated with the same characters trying to discover just who the Airlia were and what they wanted. One thing I could have done without in this book is the Mars stuff. That Cydonia material has been done to death. Not only that but the new images from Mars have finally put rest to that story of a face on Mars (unless, of course, you are a conspiracy theorist or not one to believe in facts). However I will say that the way the material was worked into the story was at least moderately clever and it did fit with the general theme. Definitely recommended to "aliens among us" fans or those who loved "Area 51." Also recommended to those who do not really believe all this stuff but are willing to suspend disbelief for what is a pretty decent read overall. I will say that this is a fast-paced book mainly because you can skip all of the character-building since that was done in the first book and something that (in my opinion) Robert Doherty is not all that good at or even consistent with - at least in these books. For example, there is one character in this book (Kelly Reynolds) who is so far out of touch with her characterization in the first book that it was hard to believe. (On the other hand, perhaps that is explained in Part Three?) His characters are, to me, fairly stereotypical of this genre (and a few other genres as well) and are flat throughout. This book compensates for that by keeping things moving at a fairly good clip and throwing in a few surprises along the way so that you really do not care that the characters are cardboard. As you near the end, the rapid shifts in scene (from submarines, to planes, to land incursions, etc.) all work very well and really keep you reading to see how it all turns out. All in all: a pretty good sequel. (In fact, I think the sequel was much better than the original.) I still had to give it three stars, however, simply because this theme has been done over and over and this series really adds nothing new to it.
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Summary: Good sequel - but same old stuff...
Review: This book is a sequel to the aptly named "Area 51." The basic theme and much of the characters follow from that book into this second outing. I was not a huge fan of the first book simply because there was nothing new in the book as far as the "aliens among us" theme. This is somewhat true of the sequel but the overall mystery takes on some new dimensions in this sequel that I found interesting and fun to read. One of the more interesting elements is that this sequel opens up with Majestic 12 and the events at Area 51 having been exposed to the public at large. A new group has been formed: the United Nations Alien Oversight Committee (UNAOC). (This is not giving anything away as this pretty much happened right at the end of the first book.) This is a pretty clever way to do things because most such books always have the aliens being in complete secret or rely on the shadowy machinations of shadow governments. (Of course, there are a few elements of those things in the book as well.) Other than that, this book is pretty much a direct continuation of the first book, populated with the same characters trying to discover just who the Airlia were and what they wanted. One thing I could have done without in this book is the Mars stuff. That Cydonia material has been done to death. Not only that but the new images from Mars have finally put rest to that story of a face on Mars (unless, of course, you are a conspiracy theorist or not one to believe in facts). However I will say that the way the material was worked into the story was at least moderately clever and it did fit with the general theme. Definitely recommended to "aliens among us" fans or those who loved "Area 51." Also recommended to those who do not really believe all this stuff but are willing to suspend disbelief for what is a pretty decent read overall. I will say that this is a fast-paced book mainly because you can skip all of the character-building since that was done in the first book and something that (in my opinion) Robert Doherty is not all that good at or even consistent with - at least in these books. For example, there is one character in this book (Kelly Reynolds) who is so far out of touch with her characterization in the first book that it was hard to believe. (On the other hand, perhaps that is explained in Part Three?) His characters are, to me, fairly stereotypical of this genre (and a few other genres as well) and are flat throughout. This book compensates for that by keeping things moving at a fairly good clip and throwing in a few surprises along the way so that you really do not care that the characters are cardboard. As you near the end, the rapid shifts in scene (from submarines, to planes, to land incursions, etc.) all work very well and really keep you reading to see how it all turns out. All in all: a pretty good sequel. (In fact, I think the sequel was much better than the original.) I still had to give it three stars, however, simply because this theme has been done over and over and this series really adds nothing new to it.
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Summary: Love this series
Review: This is currently my favorite series of books. Picked up the third book-- The Mission first-- then had to go back and get the first two. Can't wait for the next one.
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Summary: A very good, extremely clever story, thats fun to read.
Review: THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STORIES THAT YOU JUST LOVE. THE GOOD GUYS AREN'T EXACTLY ANGELS, AND THE BAD GUYS ARE THE KIND YOU LOVE TO HATE. READ IT, ENJOY IT.
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Summary: The aliens are coming! The aliens are coming!
Review: This second novel in the Area 51 series is another action-packed, suspenseful read. The story begins where the first novel ended. The familiar characters thought their problems would be over once they brought down Majic-12 and succeeded in averting disaster in the form of an alien attack; in fact, their problems have just begun. The "guardian" discovered under Easter Island has sent out a message into space, and very soon scientists detect a reply message coming from--ta da, the Cydonia region of Mars. This story starts a little slow, hampered somewhat by the need for the author to refresh the memories of those having read the first book. The message from Mars says the aliens are coming to earth with peaceful intentions, but Mike Turcotte, Lisa Duncan, Professor Nabinger, and Kelly Reynolds must determine if that is true. New alien sites are being discovered, with the two most important being in an ancient Chinese mountain tomb and in Africa's Great Rift Valley. Our heroes rush all over the planet, gaining access to the two main alien sites by way of some thrilling commando-raid actions. They get some assistance from an entirely new secret group called STAAR, a group even Majic-12 knew nothing about. Racing to get more information, our heroes must determine whether or not the aliens on their way from Mars are indeed the friendly ancient astronauts who helped save the earth thousands of years earlier or if they are members of the rebel group that mutinied against the ancient mission and remain intent on destroying our planet. With this book, the standard type of government conspiracy ideas give way to novel new suggestions and possibilities. The reader joins the characters in trying to figure out who everyone is, who they are working for, and whether or not their intentions are peaceful. The addition of a new ultra-secret group beyond Majic-12 is complicated by the fact that the members appear and act differently than normal human beings. Some readers may not like the final few chapters because the reader is being constantly thrown back and forth between different events, but I felt this did much to add to the suspense of the concluding pages. I most enjoyed the description of covert forces activities; I have no way of knowing how true to life the author's descriptions are, but they do engross the reader in their details (especially when the inevitable major problems pop up to endanger the missions). After a slow start, the author really puts his hooks into you by the halfway point, making this a book you don't want to put down. It doesn't really matter that the whole future of earth is in the hands of a special forces officer, archaeologist, and political appointee of a President who is rarely heard from in the story, or that a lowly reporter has basic carte blanche access to the heart of the ultra-secret Area 51 headquarters. The author knows how to tell a story, and he continually injects mystery and suspense into a story that could easily have become stale in the hands of a lesser writer. Two books into the series, the story continues to grow even more interesting and enjoyable.
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