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The Quiet Invasion (Mass Market Paperback)

by Sarah Zettel (Author) "This is Venera Control, Shuttle AX-2416 ..." (more)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Aspect; Reprint edition (Mar 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0446609412
  • ISBN-13: 978-0446609418
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.7 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,365,490 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Complex and engaging, 8 Aug 2002
With Terran colonists on a research platform, aliens who aren’t aliens, and aliens who are, ‘The Quiet Invasion’ grabs you and pulls you into a complex plot of politics, ideals, and ethical dilemmas. Zettel creates intriguing, birdlike aliens, seeking refuge on Venus, and a wonderfully mixed bag of colonists, researchers and government agents, all with different agendas…and the threat of annihilation from either side from misunderstanding, rather than evil intent. If you like your science fiction intelligent, with characters that are three-dimensional, ‘The Quiet Invasion’ delivers.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A good book, but not more than that, 25 Feb 2003
By Kurt A. Johnson (Marseilles, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Quiet Invasion (Hardcover)
Dr. Helen Failia is the founder of Venera, an orbital city designed to provide a research base for investigating Venus. But, things are going sour, and it seems that Venera will not be around for long. Ambassador T'sha is a leader of an alien people whose world is dying. They need a new home, and have found one...Venus. This is a story of misunderstanding between people, and the quest for understanding by some and for results by others.

This book should have been a great book, but for some reason it is not. The author simply introduces the aliens, but does not describe them; I found myself constantly trying to understand what they even looked like. The story dragged on, while the storyline took turn after turn. I think that this book would have benefited from being simplified and shortened.

Overall I do think this was a good book, but not more than that. I don't recommend it.

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