CATCH A FALLING STAR


Cheryl A. Daniel
Alfred A. Knopf
HardShell Word Factory
Science Fiction
January, 2001
ISBN 1-58200-615-6


Anyone remember Roswell, New Mexico - site of supposed UFO appearances? By now you probably thought it was all written off as either government secret activities, or the delusions of some sunstroked or moonstruck folks long since forgotten. But are you sure?

Join the fascinating story of Robert Clark, Al Fuller, and Nick Sanders, men caught up into a seemingly innocent quest of saving the lives of terminally ill cancer patients. Personal and professional motives begin to clash when strange events begin to happen in a small hospital near the desert in New Mexico.

In a small town where everyone knows each other, activities at the nearby military base begin to step up several notches. Are the military always out to search and destroy or could they be hiding something of vital interest to a huge percentage of the world, the dying?

Daniel's narrator, Clark, manages to sweep up the reader into this emotionally gripping quest while time races against the clock for his dying wife. Any earlier thoughts we may have had about stereotypical-typecase aliens and UFOs disappear as we experience the mystery and tension of the involved couples in their search. Spared the clinical specifics of Molly's disease, we watch her physical strength slowly diminish, while other patients begin to change. Is it possible a certain person on the night shift knows more than the doctors do? Is it a person?

Are there beings who have higher powers of telepathy and intelligence to communicate with human beings? And if there were, just how far would our government go to keep this knowledge secret and once quiet, what would they do with that knowledge?

Possibilities beyond our human powers and relationships driven by human and alien care drive this novel's pace, as the reader plunges into a world which appears to be more real than our highest imaginative skill can devise. As the stereotypes disappear, join the adventure for a heart-throbbing, pulse-racing, expanded view of a larger and better world.

While the end will bring you back to analyzing the Roswell phenomenon for its pros and cons, you, the reader will not soon forget this incredible story. You may find yourself often thinking, "We are not alone in the universe".



Reviewed by Viviane Crystal

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