Submitted by Vernita S. Luke (Jun 05, 2000)Would you like to go to sleep with a good book? Alien Armageddon: The Coming of Cepheus is definitely not it. Brean De Lowe's stunning novel will keep you wide awake and on the edge of your seat. What looks initially like the well-worn alien invasion cliche turns into something unexpectedly more.
The boo's premise: Aliens traveling the universe stumble upon radio waves from planet Earth. They come to Earth and immediately begin preparing Earth for removal to their star system; you guessed it, the Cepheus constellation. One of the more fascinating aspects of the book is how De Lowe wove one electromagnetic thread to cleverly blend the book's action, romance, and even the breath-taking alien invasion.
De Lowe's voice is barely a whisper in the book. Instead he relies on scientific subtlety, his spectacular imagination, and the voices of his diverse array of characters.
Alien Armageddon is one great invasion.
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