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 cautionary science fiction thriller Nov 18, 2008
In the near future, the inconvenient truth is the earth is dying as the environment has reached code red. Natural disasters have become epidemic and disease pandemic. Earthquakes and tsunamis at sea and in the air have become catastrophic as if the planet is in its final death throes. Humanity appears on the eve of extinction as the Doomsday Clock has reached the point of no turning back.
Hope arises when aliens arrive to treat ailing humans suffering from the Severe Environmental Allergy Syndrome. The Grays offer the governments a plan to save the species from the dying planet. They will bring selected humans to their home planet; predominantly women of child-bearing age.
Soon afterward, a second alien race appears. The Guardians insist earth can be saved if enlightened people make the concerted effort and that the Grays' secret agenda is a breeding program to establish super lethal hybrid to dominate the universe. Selling their belief to the embattled human leaders is near impossible as the Guardians are technologically inferior to the Grays so earthly leaders assume less knowledgeable; besides which they wonder what is the Guardians' agenda? On the other hand, the concept of not leaving home with most surviving is one generality humanity embraces. As the Grays and the Guardians battle over the future of mankind, humans feel somewhat helpless since their input seems to not matter, but both extraterrestrials underestimate the earthlings.
This cautionary science fiction thriller uses real people like Bush and agencies like SETI to establish a feel of plausibility that two alien races arrive at a time when earth is on life support. The story line is fast-paced and filled with action, but also provides intriguing metaphors on how western civilization looks at other cultures from a purely technological perspective; if you can't plug and play wireless you are backward. Readers will appreciate this deep science fiction thriller that is mindful of Frank Stockton's classic The Lady and the Tiger as humanity must choose but which of these aliens is the beast and which is the nurturing mother.
Harriet Klausner
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
A Thoroughly Enjoyable Read! Sep 19, 2008
Kathy Porter weaves a tale (or should I say tales?) involving realistic, multi-dimensional persons - each with his/her own distinctive storyline - whose lives and events converge when all are faced with environmental catastrophe on a global scale. The commonality of their very existence surfaces as they discover their unknown and unwilling involvement with alien beings (not with one race, but two!), and experience some heartfelt self-revelation as a result. Her characters reach out to you, as Ms. Porter effectively portrays, for example: the anguish a mother feels when having to choose between her own children (in this case, both earthly and alien) the dilemma of leaving loved ones behind on earth and everything comforting and familiar, to the noble end of continuing the human race in a new and strange world to the resignation of having to stay behind, facing one's own mortality. Compelling, amusing and suspenseful at different turns in the story, Gray/Guardians contains enough technicality and vivid description to hold the attention of a seasoned science fiction aficionado, but is engaging enough to attract the mainstream and the "I-don't-like-sci-fi!" readers, and draw them in. Gray/Guardians is a thoroughly enjoyable read, and I enthusiastically recommend it!
 good story, not so good grammar Jun 13, 2008
I enjoyed the story but the grammar errors did get to me. Examples include switching same sounding words and using the one with the incorrect meaning - for example: "here" when it should have been "hear". Also, there are sudden changes in tense in the middle of a sentence. The book just needed more editing rather then just a spell check.
gray guardians Apr 11, 2008
Kathy Porter is a fantastic writer. I met her at the book expo last year, and I recently had the opportunity to read her book. What a fascinating story, and boy, did it ever keep my interest. I highly recommend her book to those who are really looking for a book that you just cant put down. Thank you Kathy for your wonderful book.
Shanti Milan
Author of Get Ready Cause Here I come
Great Book Jul 09, 2007
I just finished the book and now can't wait for the next one. Is it done yet? Okay how about now?
This was one of the ones that I like to read - you just don't want to put it down. The characters are real and you make the reader care about them human or alien. You are right up there with Michel Crichton, Dale Brown, Tom Clancy, David Baldacci, James Patterson and Nora Roberts.
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