Jason P. Stadtlander

If the title/cover caught your eye because you're a fan of this style of sci fi, you'll likely get something from Ter'roc. The early sum up from me is that this book is completely fine if you love the style, but it won't make you fan if you aren't one.
There's a lot here I like that just doesn't mesh by the end. Ever since World War Z, I have liked a book that jumped around between character points of view. It is incredibly difficult to pull off well, however, and that shows a bit here. Characters I start to get behind and care about disappear in lieu of a character that falls a bit flat.
I really like the angle of aliens being on Earth from the beginning; it has a very Doctor Who feel to it. I found myself wishing more of the book was devoted to that than to the overall plot the book starts turning out partway through.
Do not take my review to say you shouldn't try this book. Like I said to start, if you're a fan of this style of science fiction, the book will hit perfectly fine. If you're a fan of 'The Martian', it will leave you wanting.… (más)

Thanks to LibraryThing Early Reviewers program for allowing me to receive this book I found this to be an outstanding story. To imagine aliens having lived on our earth since the beginning of time all along planning to save humanity. As I read the first few chapters about thousands of years early in the history of our planet I couldn't imagine what they had to do with the story line. Then as characters and story lines are added to the story, in future time, it all pulls together. After reading "we are coming for you, do not resist us or you shall all die" you get pulled right into the story. I thought there were just the right amount of characters involved in the story where it wasn't at all hard to follow. I don't want to put any spoilers here but once started the book is very hard to put down. The story line follows a somewhat simple path until about 80% into the book where he whole thing is thrown into chaos. From here to the end is the best part of the adventure. After finishing the book I had to go back and read the first chapters to completely understand what was going on then. If you like reading alien - human story's this is for you. Can't wait for the next in the series.… (más)