This book caught my attention because it was a “first contact” (with aliens) book. After further research I learned that Cawdron has written many independent first contact books. This one was pretty bad, so I am not sure I will bother with any of the others.
Breezy is a Secret Service agent with a fast trigger finger. Olivia is a call girl who just made a deep fake sex movie to frame an important person. Then there is Buster, a clown and a mysterious “good guy” all around who seems to have a lot of power, influence and abilities. Oh, and there are aliens, too, who have a strong interest in human psychology and the welfare of the human race.
It’s an oddly action-packed story, told in the present tense, which give it a fast pace. You get into the thinking of the protagonists, and there lies the problem. The author is basically lecturing about his political views all throughout the story, and he is in the process forgetting to tell us a story. Most of the action is short, interleaved with endless exposition about various political views. He obviously has a problem with capitalism, is worried about climate change, corruption in the highest levels of government, the America military machine, abuse of women throughout the world, and so on.
He projects an aura of moral superiority which will turn many readers off. I don’t disagree with him on many of those views, but of course half of his readers will. By being so much in our face with politics, the story gets buried, and all those opposing his views will feel insulted. I only felt lectured to.
After the book ends, there is an Epilogue, which basically tells you all you need to know. It’s a cheap way out. He seems to have realized that the book’s story is weak, so he has to button it all up in a tell-all epilogue. There is also an Afterword, where he discusses all the major concepts as well as his various political views and statements.
As a result, you don’t really need to read the book. Just read the Afterword. You’ll get everything out of the book that there is, and you don’t have to read a bad book all the way through. In a way, the author provides the Cliff Notes right in the book.
