B.C. CHASE

This is a book with lots of hand-to-hand aliens fighting action and several tender heart-wrenching moments, all written in the first person. First-person writing is difficult to get right; it doesn’t take long to lose a reader when it’s wrong. However, B.c. Chase succeeded, with Cataton, in creating a story that captured my reading attention and made me reflect on what it means to be a father.

The main character of this book, Devon, manages to avoid being captured and enslaved when a group of aliens appears out of nowhere to remove the earth’s inhabitants and their infrastructure. They aim to take possession of the world for themselves. As earth’s sole defender whose primary interest is freeing his family, Devon bumbles his way through the aliens’ machinations, ultimately understanding their meaning and takes action. With the ultimate loss of his family, his anger and determination build up. Traveling back to the past in pursuit of one of the aliens who has become his nemesis, he sees his earlier self and becomes more determined than ever to end the alien takeover at whatever his costs.

This book is not part of a series and its literary success proves that a book doesn’t have to be. As soon as I finished the book, I added B.c. Chase to my list of favored Sci-Fi writers. His writing style is humorous and entertaining and I got a complete read with no angering cliffhangers at the end.… (lisätietoja)