Saucer: A Surprising Thrill Ride

Saucer By Stephen Coonts

Over all rating: A surprising fun thrill Ride

Being a fan of sci-fi thrillers, I gave it a try. Not to mention it was given to me. It’s a simple novel called Saucer written by Stephen Coonts. The write up doesn’t explain much. The cover just has a picture of saucer on it, giving the reader no real clue of what their about to read,

So what is it about? It starts off with a archeological team and oil drillers that stumble across something shiny in the sand. They disregard it. Except for a kid named Rip, who decides to did it up. He does and finds that it is a flying saucer. Questions are then asked. Who made it? Where did it come from? How can it still work after thousands of years in the earth? Where are the drivers?”

But that is quickly thrown away as trouble follows. A American UFO Team shows up to take the saucer. In the team is a girl name Charley Pine. Then a African group of nationalist and Australian group of commandos arrive trying to take the saucer as their own. It becomes a mess with everyone fighting over this priceless piece of technology. While fighting, Charley and Rip steal the saucer and flies away.

But this is not the end. There are number of trigger happy and money hungry people who will travel the world to steal the saucer back from Charley and Rip.

So if your looking for real a technical sci-fi tale, forget it. There is nothing here to explain why it’s there, or answer any other questions asked at the beginning of the novel. There’s no real science to this fiction, but that’s not all that bad. Also Rip’s character to me felt cartoony. A but unrealistic, especially with his family members but despite the flaws you still become attached to him.

The good is there is a lot of action and this book is just flat out fun. This should have been called, “Indiana Jones and the Raiders Of The Lost Saucer.” Because that was the feel I got. It was very up beat. A great roller coaster rise. And fun. It never did die down once it got started. It solely focused on the people fighting over the saucer from around the world and Charley and Rip’s race to save it from falling into the wrong hands.

So it’s a fun adventure with a goofy lead , level headed test pilot who reluctantly fell into a adventure revolving around a flying saucer and people who will do anything to get their hands on it.

3 ½ smoothies out of four

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