Fastwalker

by Jacques F. Vallée

An Air Force pilot has died in a strange accident over Dreamland, a secret base in Nevada. The President of the United States has not yet been briefed. Scientists from all over the world are being assembled inside Pyramid Base. The Manipulator is General Bushnell, head of a secret organization which has been trying to capture a flying saucer since the early days of the UFO mystery. Suave but utterly ruthless this cold warrior has every tool of high-tech wizardry at his fingertips and a crack team of skilled operatives under his control. The investigator is Peter Keller, a dedicated journalist with a lot to prove, struggling to keep his integrity in the sensational atmosphere of tabloid media. A flawed but gusty professional, he's ready to travel to the ends of the Earth to solve the mystery of UFO abductions. The victim is Rachel Rand, a young woman caught between the nightmarish alien beings who stalked her on a lonely Long Island road and a bizarre cult of UFO believers who are convinced that the end of the world is imminent. Can she trust the man she loves to help her discover the truth about her tormentors?

Now an unearthly craft has been secretly captured by the scientific team of General Bushnell. What it contains can indeed spell the end of human history as we know it. But are human beings ready for that knowledge? And who will control it?

Genres: Fiction

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Excerpted from wikipedia: Jacques Fabrice Vallée (born September 24, 1939 in Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France) is a venture capitalist, computer scientist, author, ufologist and former astronomer currently residing in San Francisco, California.
In mainstream science, Vallée is notable for co-developing the first computerized mapping of Mars for NASA and for his work at SRI International in creating ARPANET, a precursor to the modern Internet. Vallée is also an important figure in the study of unidentified flying objects (UFOs), first noted for a defense of the scientific legitimacy of the extraterrestrial hypothesis and later for promoting the interdimensional hypothesis.

Reviews

[no.stache.nietzsche · Rating 5 out of 5]

A short but snappy scifi thriller novel, Vallee uses some adventure fiction to outline his take on the UFOs, namely that they are interdimensional rather than extraterrestrial, and that the USA's and other governments are largely covering up the real causes of these phenomenon so as to plot deep state domination and some form of global government.

Not a poorly written book! The prose is fine, and the topical characters are sensible and distinct without being over the top or extravagant. The audiobook version is not bad either! Its one of those classic, more highly produced affairs replete with sound effects, raspy emotive reading and instrumental transitions. If you're a fan of Vallee's work, this is a good one to read!

[Bryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like the author and I'm happy to have finally gotten through this short book, it packs a good punch. It's really well balanced, and there was a lot I liked and a few things I did not like. I'm not a big fan of short books or short stories but this topic captures the imagination so I think I'm going to end up getting through several more like this. There's nothing new in this story but there's definitely a vivid sense of realism which clearly comes from the author's life experience. Very cool!

[L E · Rating 5 out of 5]

I know a bit about the author and believe this is written in half truths … I like may are waiting for the truth.

[David Skelton · Rating 1 out of 5]

What a disappointment because I love Vallee's work. Not good fiction.

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn't really enjoy this book. Written by a young physicist, age 19, and thought it would be a good one. But nope.