Book Review: Notes from An Alien by Alexander M. Zoltai

I've managed to catch up on some of the most thrilling novels in my TBR list!  New ones are coming in every day and I have to tell you I've fallen head first  into the world of Sci-Fi.  I've absolutely LOVED the novels that have passed my desk, involving extraterrestrials intent on world domination, a struggling planets desperately attempting to survive.  The latest Sci-Fi thriller that I've read is Notes from An Alien by Alexander M. Zoltai!

The author, Mr. Zoltai, describes himself as:

I'm a writer with roaring flames in my heart… ~ I've written a novel, Notes from An Alien, and that title was perfect for this blog, since I've felt like I'm from SomeWhereElse for most of my life. ~ In this blog I explore Reading, Writing, and Publishing; some days in a general way, with interesting links to other sites; some days focusing on the journey the book is taking.

You can find Mr. Zoltai's fascinating blog at: https://nfaa.wordpress.com/about/

Notes from An Alien:

Start with a 500-year Inter-World War.

Continue through ecological disaster and the decimation of populations.

Follow the institution of a Worlds' government that helps bring a glimmer of hope.

Discover the challenges and failures of unifying three very different Worlds.

Explore what it takes to give birth to a lasting peace.

This is what reading "Notes from An Alien" promises.

And, this story could help Earth…

Pick up your copy at:

Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/Notes-Alien-Message-Sena-Quaren/dp/1607468220

MY REVIEW:

Zoltai's Notes from an Alien is a thought-provoking trip into alien worlds that makes the reader shudder with the close similarities that are often reflected on our own planet.  The inhabitants of Zoltai's worlds are bent on destruction of other worlds, over such things as greed, religion, and politics.  Worlds are being lost, and civilizations are declining, all because one civilization assumes they are better than the other.

This tale is an interesting and provocative leap into the realm of Sci-Fi.  Using ties that reflect back on much of our own world history, the story is told by the view of a descendant of the first expedition to a new world.  History unfolds rapidly, and the search for everlasting peace in the galaxy is profoundly written.  The characters are finely crafted and the story unfolds with magnificent clarity, worthy of a movie.  These characters, as they live and die, as they walk through time, leave a palpable change in their world.

Notes from an Alien is a must read for fans of the Sci-Fi genre.  In-depth, detailed, narrated by the fabulous Sena, the reader struggles along with each character, slipping into a world that mirrors our own.  Well crafted and, if Sci-Fi novels are among the genres you like to read, definitely add this to your own TBR list.

 4 STARS!

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