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In the summer of 1947, an unidentified object crashed in Roswell, New Mexico. There were no survivors. Now it's happened again. But this time, two creatures have emerged from the wreckage alive . . .
One is a small being that is kind and benevolent, brimming with intense emotion and intelligence. The other, however, is an animal of remarkable strength and power. It has been brought clandestinely to our world with one sole purpose: the total extinction of all life on Earth. It is called the Destroyer of Worlds.
Only the Event Group, the most secret agency in the history of the U.S. government, is prepared to wage battle against such a creature. The Event Group is a dedicated collection of the nation's most brilliant men and women of science, philosophy and the military. Their difficult task: solving the mysteries of the past and uncovering the hidden truths behind the myths and legends propagated throughout world history. In doing so they protect America from past mistakes---and ensure that history's errors will never be repeated.
An act of war that started in New Mexico decades ago, and was covered up by another far darker organization, has been discovered by the Group at the same time as the new and seemingly identical incident threatens to wipe out the Earth's population. In the desert wastelands of the American Southwest, a battle is about to commence as the two creatures set out to fulfill their own destinies among the human race.
Led by the valiant Major Jack Collins, the Event Group wages total war in the heat-soaked sands of the desert landscape. Using the benevolent creature as an ally and resource, they combine forces with the powerful might of the U.S. military and prepare themselves for an epic battle against the most dangerous threat against human existence that history has ever seen.
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14 primary books#1 in Event Group Thriller
Event Group Thriller is a 14-book series with 14 primary works first released in 2006 with contributions by David L. Golemon.
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Very very good book, from the starting page to the last, “the action never stops!!!”
Highly recommended!!!!
Just finished reading Event. As far as first novels go, Event is pretty solid. I was skeptical when I picked this book up because I'm sooooo tired of the Roswell/gray alien deal, but I fought past that and enjoyed the book. What I found refreshing was the new take...or rather the non-boring take on the grays and their war with a slave-race. Of course, what I was really looking for in this book (and a lot of books I read...and write) were monsters/creatures/nasties/whatever you want to call them. And Event paid off in that category with a very original creation, the name of which escapes me. But they're very frightening, very cool and I'm sure we'll see them again in a future Event Group novel.
On to the complaints and the reason for a star deduction. Honestly, I would have done 3.5 stars if I could have. The reason is 1. Characters. Now, I expect the character in these kinds of novels to be kind of thin. I don't mind that. But the cast of characters in Event is immense and even in the end I had trouble knowing who was who in the Event Group crew. The few locals in the story stood out as the strongest, but the Event Group cast, the people that will be coming back again and again, got lost. I THINK the main character was Collins, but I'm not sure. 2. The pacing was a tad slow for me. The fast pace beginning hooked me enough to pull me through the very slow middle and then end picked up to a nice, fever pitch pace, but that middle was so slow I had to really work at reading, which isn't fun.
It paid off in the end with a great, action-packed climax, so it's forgivable, but still, slow. Overall, the book should do the trick for thriller fans and sci-fi fans alike. I liked it enough to pick up Goleman's second title, LEGEND, with the hopes that the pace set at the beginning keeps going throughout!
– Jeremy Robinson, author of Antarktos Rising, Raising the Past and The Didymus Contingency.
www.jeremyrobinsononline.com
I am not sure if reading 80% of a book qualifies to write a review but its been damn hard to finish this and in the end I had to give up. To summarize this book would be to say that David Lynn writing is a combination of Michael Crichton with Franklin W Dixon. So what you get is Science fiction with no depth and amateur Hardy boys characters with no connect for the reader. Highly avoidable. Baaahh!
