Hi, lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Robert
Sells and his new book, “Revelations”!
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Revelations
by Robert Sells
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GENRE: Science Fiction
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BLURB:
Aster
Worthington is whisked away from delivering an astronomy lecture to a secret
facility in New Mexico. There she spearheads a select group of scientists
investigating First Contact with an alien civilization, in this case a message
from an altruistic race called the Lambdons who are offering plans for a
reactor giving humanity free energy.
Humans build the reactor and, per the instructions from the message,
house it in a massive Dome.
Seven
years later strange things have been happening inside the Dome and Aster is
sent in to investigate. She finds impossibly high buildings filling the
interior and weird life forms inhabiting what should a sterile environment.
Then the impossible happens: thousands of Lambdons are found inhabiting the
Dome and they are not friendly at all. Now two civilizations are on a collision
course and humanity is most definitely going to lose. The last hope of
humanity? A two-thousand-year old scroll hidden by the church.
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EXCERPT ONE:
The Message
“Maybe
it’s just a coincidence,” Stenton suggested.
“No.
There won’t be coincidences in this message, Dr. Stenton,” said Demarco in a
dismissive voice. He then went to the podium, which Henry ceded, tapped some
keys and a moment later, the ones and zeros of the binary message aligned
themselves in the form of a perfect square. With a flourish, Demarco pushed the
last button. A black square appeared for every zero in the message and a white
square for everyone. A black and white array appeared, rendering a clear,
unambiguous picture of a planetary system. One with four planets, the second
one from the sun circled.
“My
God!” someone shouted from the back. “They sent us a picture.”
Henry
smiled and yelled to Louis. “Hey, Louis, I told you a picture would be easy.”
Without
taking his eyes off the screen, Demarco asked, “Is that the Lambda system, Dr.
Worthington?”
Heads
swiveled to Aster. She nodded. “Yes. That is the correct spacing for the Lambda
star system.”
“Another
large number after the last spacer. Different one, but the same number of
bits,” Jeremy announced, speaking loud over the din.
Demarco
did his magic again, and a humanoid body filled the screen, strikingly similar
to a human, except for a slightly larger head. Their hands had three digits,
not five.
“It’s
them.”
“They’re
like us.”
Someone
from the back shouted, “The Lambdons.” Now the aliens had a face and a name.
Louis,
however, scrunched his face in consternation. He shuffled close to the screen,
studying it.
Aster
watched the muttering biologist. “Louis, what’s wrong?”
Louis
turned around, his face worried. “These Lambdons… they look like us.”
“Not
exactly like us. They have three fingers and a larger head.”
“Too
close,” mumbled the biologist.
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MY BOOK REVIEW:
This book is an interesting, intriguing, and entertaining read
that I could easily see it being made into a summer blockbuster movie hit!
This book has a creative storyline, a very detailed writing style,
and compelling characters.
I have
always found alien stories to be a bit fascinating and thought-provoking as it’s
a topic we all have about the same amount of basic information on and yet it’s remarkable
to see the exciting and intriguing webs of ideas of what people think our encounters
with an alien would be like and what they would look like. Everyone seems to bring something unique and limitless
to the table and this author, Mr. Sells, is no different.
This
particular book brought both unity and hostility from the unknown alien
creatures. Furthermore, these aliens,
also known as, “The Lambdons,” plan to take over our planet using biological warfare
and it is now clear they have gone from friend to foe. A deep-seated worry that we all fear one day
– not knowing which side to trust they’ll ultimately be on, if they ever do
show up. Now it’s up to the scientists
and researchers of the First Contact Team to find a way to stop the Lambdons
and save our planet and all of mankind.
There is just too many possible accidental spoilers and I don’t want to
give too much away!!! But you definitely
will want to read this book and find out what happens!! Especially the ending!!!
I
liked the main character, Aster Worthington, an astrophysicist from the First
Contact Team, for the most part. She was
smart, strong, brave, stubborn, determined, and very dedicated to her work and
research. However, at times I found her
a bit annoying and overly pigheaded. She
was intelligent, but not like street smart, and it was sometimes irritating to watch
someone make such dumb mistakes that seemed too brainy to do so, but then she did. I still liked her, but wow… sometimes, yea I
was screaming at her lol!! Also, the
supporting characters held up well in their roles.
I
also really liked that at the very beginning of the book there was a list of
the main characters from the First Contact Team and the Government. It listed their name, job, school, training, affiliation,
etc. I really like when authors take the
time to provide this simple information.
I feel like I’m going into the story with a little background, a
heads-up of who I should be paying attention to, and it’s always there as a
quick reference guide in case I need a refresher. There is a lot going on in this book as it is
almost 400 pages via eBook and especially with science fiction books there is a
great deal of information to be told, notably right up front. So, readers like me, who have billions of things
going on and running through their head non-stop, will be pleased to have this
quick reference guide so they don’t get lost while enjoying their read!
I also enjoyed that this book mostly took place in my home state
– Oregon! It’s always thrilling to see
my little state mentioned in a popular new book!
There are some
predictable scenes. However, there are
still a few very unexpected twists and turns that you won’t see coming!
All in all, I enjoyed reading this book and would absolutely recommend
it! I think all science fiction readers
will like this book too! So, add it to
your TBR List and get to reading - you won't be disappointed!
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AUTHOR BIO:
Robert Sells has
taught physics for over forty years, but he has been a storyteller for over
half a century, entertaining children, grandchildren, and students. He has written the award-winning novel, Return
of the White Deer, historical fiction about Penda of Mercia. His second
fiction book, Reap the Whirlwind, was a thriller about the dawn of
artificial intelligence and the subsequent decline of humanity. His third book, The Runner and the Robbery,
was a young adult novel about a teenager and his grandfather who had
Alzheimer’s disease. Revelations, a science fiction novel, is his fourth
book.
He
lives with his wife, Dale, in the idyllic village of Geneseo, New York with two
attentive dogs who are uncritical sounding boards for his new stories. He is intrigued by poker and history, in love
with Disney and writing, and amused by religion and politics.
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
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Robert ~ Good morning! Welcome back! It is so great to have you here again! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! I enjoyed reading and reviewing your book, thanks for providing the copy! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting my fourth novel, Revelations. If there are any questions anyone has about the book itself, don't hesitate to ask. And thanks for the nice review.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a book I will enjoy reading.
ReplyDeleteGreat review!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the release. I hope that your book is a success,
ReplyDeleteDid you go to school to become a writer?
ReplyDeleteSorry to take so long to respond, Bernie. I was away at a family reunion over the weekend. No, I went to school to be a physicist. I ended up teaching physics in college (Alfred State in New York). But I always liked to tell stories. While I enjoyed college teaching, I wasn't sure I was impacting the lives of my students that much. So, I ended my career teaching at a local high school... a school-in-need. Concurrent with that decision, I started writing. I kept editing my attempts until they were acceptable to all the folks who actually did go to school to become writers.
DeleteGood excerpt and very good review. Looks like a interesting story.
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