The Cabal

The Cabal #1

by Philip Dunn, Saul Dunn (Pseudonym)

SCIENCE FICTION-BOOK ONE OF THE SERIES-THE YEAR IS 2420.EARTH,UNDERPOPULATED AND PROSPEROUS,HAS BECOME THE TARGET FOR THE PLANET CALM.10 MILLION ALIENS UNDER THEIR RUTHLESS GRAND MARSHALL FARRAGO,ARE APPROACHING IN SPACE SHIPS.THEIR INVASION WILL COINCIDE WITH THE WORLD GOVERNMENT CARNIVAL ON JULY 4TH.ONLY ONE PERSON ON EARTH KNOWS OF THE HOLOCAUST TO COME,AND HE BELONGS TO THE ONLY ORGANISATION WITH THE RESOURCES TO OUTWIT THE ALIENS THE CABAL.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published May 26, 1978

Reviews

[Rosemarie Short · Rating 1 out of 5]

I cannot, I don't think, relate in words how utterly, gut wrenchingly, nail scrapingly bad this book is. However, this is a review. And as such I am, as you've probably guessed, going to try.

The Cabal plays into stereotypes. It plays into cliches. It staggers along without plot, without character development, without any form of direction whatsoever. I found the character of Roatax particularly painful, being a sole female (aside from regular damsels in distress who, not matter their circumstances, want to have sex with their captors).

The ending is insult to injury. Backwards and lacking in any form of satisfaction. Don't bother.

[Zachary Naylor · Rating 1 out of 5]

I bought this for pennies on the dollar because the Corgi cover looked buck-wild and the premise on the back promised a corny rah-rah action-heist. The first chapter was kind of interesting, the remaining character intros were... something, and then the story actually starts and the wheels fall off. The landing gear's gone, and it didn't take flight. It's cumbersome, idiotic, devoid of character, overlong in spite of its brevity, and lacks anything in the way of significant statement, speculation, or stunts.

Might make an OK movie if edited into unrecognizability, otherwise OK toilet paper.