Saucer - The Conquest
Stephen Coonts
Jonathan Ball
Reviewed by Ian Jamieson, 4 May 2005
The blurb on the back of this book says "A brilliant new thriller".
Sorry - but this book is just silly. The story reads like a cartoon for
pre-teens. A few "WOW's!!!", "BAM's" and "CRASH's" wouldn't have seemed
too out of place.
There is no real science in it but plenty of the "after escaping from the
escape-proof prison" type of stuff.
It would seem to be a sequel to "Saucer" in which Rip Cantrell has somehow
come into possession of a functioning "flying saucer" and has been allowed to
keep it.
The author is a former Naval Aviator and all his previous books have been
"world-wide best sellers" so maybe I am missing something but this really is
not worth reading.
I'll leave you to make your own decisions but I'll avoid any future novels.
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