Description
It started during a winter storm on the North Eastern Seaboard which brought with it a strange green rain. Where it fell, everything withered, died, and was consumed. The residents of remote outposts in Maritime Canada escaped the worst of the early damage, but that was a blessing in disguise, for they were left to watch as first North America, then the world, was subsumed in the creeping green carpet of terror.
And that was just the beginning. New life forms began to arise from the ooze, simple organisms at first, but multiplying with ever-increasing complexity. The few human survivors are faced with a full-scale invasion... and only radical measures will guarantee the survival of the human race.
Reviews
Awesome read
The Invasion brings a whole new look at alien life and how it could change earth.
Meikle keeps you on edge as you read about an alien life form that drips to earth in a green rain
only to change, change again, adapt and change again to try to overcome life on earth
and steal the planet for themselves. The scary part is that its not so unrealistic that
it could not happen. Meikle writes page turners and once you have read one of his books
you will want to read them all. This would make a great movie!
Great story ... but way too many typos
I dislike sounding like the grammar police, but the over-abundance of serious typos in William Meikele's The Invasion made me wonder if the real invaders were aliens or uneducated proofreaders. I know it's hard to catch every single typo in a book, but for heaven's sakes, this one could be used as a teaching tool for English teachers who can hand out treats to their students who find the most errors.
In addition to spelling errors, there are sentences where it's apparent words have been left out. In fact, in one sentence, the word "have" apparently was mispelled as "gave." (I say apparently because it's possible "gave" was the correct word, but then it would mean that a portion of the sentence was missing.)
Another issue I had with the book involve statements that are obviously made by a character, but appear without quotation marks, leaving the reader to wonder if the statement was actually made or was just a thought in a character's head. Also, there's the overuse of italics. Sometimes it apparent that the author is using italics for emphasis; but at others it seems as though the italics appear randomly.
OK, enough with channeling my fifth grade English teacher. The plot of The Invasion made for interesting reading. Meikle is one of those writers who can take an idea that would be at home in a pulp novel or a cheesy '50s-style sci-fi movie and work it into a story that is relevant to today's sci-fi or horror readers. In more than a few spots I was reminded of the classic sci-fi film "Day of the Triffids." While Meikle may pay homage to such earlier classics, he makes The Invasion his own invention.
A Really Great Read!
I ordered this on a whim and was pleasantly surprised. The story moved fast, held my interest and the overall story was very entertaining. The author talks about this being a sci-fi pulp book and that it is...and there is certainly nothing wrong with that. I only gave it 4 stars because I felt the ending was a bit rushed and wrapped up too quickly. I was actually secretly hoping there would be an opening left for a sequel.
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