What looks like a cathedral suddenly begins to emerge from the sands of the Mojave Desert. Scientist believe it is a natural phenomenon but a local religious leader insists it is a sign from the Lord of the Second Coming of Christ.
I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway and I apologize to Mr. Manchee that I haven’t written a review before now. Based on my 5 star rating, it certainly isn’t because I didn’t enjoy the book – quite the opposite, in fact. The writing was excellent and the story line, even though I had not read the prior 2 novels in the series, was easy to follow and really unique! And the best part of all, it’s so absolutely plausible that it truly makes you sit back and wonder if this is fiction or disguised reality! To me, that’s the mark of a well-told story.
The story takes place in 1959 when Jack Carpenter, the main protagonist, has a freak accident in the Mojave Desert near Bat Mountain. He wakes up in the dark, dazed and disoriented, and wanders away from his truck. When he awakens in the morning, not knowing how far he’s wandered from his truck, he heads north, hopefully towards the highway. In the distance he sees a partial structure and heads there, hoping for water. What he finds is an odd rectangular shaped structure about the size of a football field. Jack is a concrete contractor and he doesn’t recognize the material the foundation and low partial walls are made from. Heading north again, he finally makes it to the highway and accepts a lift to his home town of Shoshone.
A couple of days later, after he’s retrieved his truck, he decides to bring his date, Dolly, to the site, where he discovers that the walls are higher than he remembered. He manages to eventually chip off a 6 by 8 inch piece of the material and takes numerous pictures. He brings another friend who is a geology professor with him a week later and notices that not only are the walls taller, there are additional walls that weren’t there previously. As they’re examining the area, they discover a flat circular area about 50 yards across that almost looks like a landing site for a space ship, but of course, that’s crazy. Then they are joined by an unofficial representative from the National Park Service and by a person from the Department of Defense. Although they initially thought the land was owned by the Park Service, they are informed by the Park rep that it’s actually owned by the Bat Mountain Corporation.
There you have all the elements for a huge mystery – what is the structure, what is it constructed from, why is it being built and who is building it? The search for answers becomes dangerous, even deadly. The answers are totally unexpected, but I won’t spoil the book for you by telling you what they are. The book contains some mild profanity (no f-bombs) and some light sex, but nothing graphic. All in all, it’s fairly readable by anyone 15 and over (at least in my opinion). And if you decide to read this fascinating book (which I definitely encourage you to do), set aside some time, because once you start, you won’t want to put it down.
Mr. Manchee, I’d love to see more books like this one from you, which I would recommend to anyone wanting to read some good sci-fi.
I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway and I apologize to Mr. Manchee that I haven’t written a review before now. Based on my 5 star rating, it certainly isn’t because I didn’t enjoy the book – quite the opposite, in fact. The writing was excellent and the story line, even though I had not read the prior 2 novels in the series, was easy to follow and really unique! And the best part of all, it’s so absolutely plausible that it truly makes you sit back and wonder if this is fiction or disguised reality! To me, that’s the mark of a well-told story.
The story takes place in 1959 when Jack Carpenter, the main protagonist, has a freak accident in the Mojave Desert near Bat Mountain. He wakes up in the dark, dazed and disoriented, and wanders away from his truck. When he awakens in the morning, not knowing how far he’s wandered from his truck, he heads north, hopefully towards the highway. In the distance he sees a partial structure and heads there, hoping for water. What he finds is an odd rectangular shaped structure about the size of a football field. Jack is a concrete contractor and he doesn’t recognize the material the foundation and low partial walls are made from. Heading north again, he finally makes it to the highway and accepts a lift to his home town of Shoshone.
A couple of days later, after he’s retrieved his truck, he decides to bring his date, Dolly, to the site, where he discovers that the walls are higher than he remembered. He manages to eventually chip off a 6 by 8 inch piece of the material and takes numerous pictures. He brings another friend who is a geology professor with him a week later and notices that not only are the walls taller, there are additional walls that weren’t there previously. As they’re examining the area, they discover a flat circular area about 50 yards across that almost looks like a landing site for a space ship, but of course, that’s crazy. Then they are joined by an unofficial representative from the National Park Service and by a person from the Department of Defense. Although they initially thought the land was owned by the Park Service, they are informed by the Park rep that it’s actually owned by the Bat Mountain Corporation.
There you have all the elements for a huge mystery – what is the structure, what is it constructed from, why is it being built and who is building it? The search for answers becomes dangerous, even deadly. The answers are totally unexpected, but I won’t spoil the book for you by telling you what they are. The book contains some mild profanity (no f-bombs) and some light sex, but nothing graphic. All in all, it’s fairly readable by anyone 15 and over (at least in my opinion). And if you decide to read this fascinating book (which I definitely encourage you to do), set aside some time, because once you start, you won’t want to put it down.
Mr. Manchee, I’d love to see more books like this one from you, which I would recommend to anyone wanting to read some good sci-fi.