Saucer: The Conquest by Stephen Coonts

A year after the saucer incident, Rip Cantrell and Charlotte “Charley” Pine are trying to get their lives back on track. Rip is confused and doesn’t know what to do, while Charley decided to take a job flying a space shuttle to the moon as part of a French project to establish a viable lunar base. Unfortunately, the lunar base is merely a ruse for a madman’s plan to rule Earth. Now Charley and Rip are the only ones in a position to stop the madman and save the earth.

Another great book from Stephen Coonts. While not quite as good as the original book, Saucer, this book is definitely a page-turner and is very difficult to put down until you know the Earth is safe again. Before reading this book, you really should read the first one to get a complete understanding of the characters and their motivations. And while this book is not a romance novel by any stretch of the imagination, it does allow you to see how Charley and Rip grow closer to each other during the course of the book. Now real question is, will Coonts follow up this story with another Saucer book? Only time will tell.

Details: St. Martins, September 2004

Bottom line: A great book