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Not Alone: Second Contact

By: Craig A. Falconer
Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
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When a massive meteor lights up the sky over the remote island of Kerguelen, the world holds its breath. In Birchwood, Colorado, Dan McCarthy gets to work.

Following his incredible experiences of the previous year, Dan knows this was no natural occurrence. The Messengers are back - to finish what they started - and they didn't come all this way for nothing....

Not Alone: Second Contact is the long-awaited sequel to Not Alone, an Audible "Best of 2016" finalist.

©2018 Craig A. Falconer (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

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Eh - decent but also trite and lacking.

I had mixed feeling about the first one. I liked it, appreciated its unique story and suprising twists and turns. Never been a fan of conversation centric writing though. I prefer more atmosphere, inner dialogue and less talk. Also, it continually felt like a teaser. At the end, it seemed like a teaser for a less than satisfying quicky.

This book was similar yet its worst aspects were magnified. The addition of romance gave the story this sappy cheap element I did not appreciate.

These books are a bit like Cheetos. Addictive yet leaves you feeling unsatisfied with nothing gained from having consumed them.

The narrator did a spectacular job with all the different voices and his work added a great deal to the experience of the book.

If the author continues in this genre, I'd like to have much much more about the aliens and much much less about politicians and media people. We are subjected to them enough in the real world without them invading our fictional lives as well.

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Great follow up

Good follow up and continuation of the story. But...... the book would be half its length if the author didn’t seemingly repeat everything and go on and on about the same stuff.

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A media-age tale of first contact

The first book, Not Alone was a bit of a sleeper hit for breaking the mold of atypical first contact books by merely moving the lens from action or high tier political takes for an alien-obsessed everyman, who stumbles his way into a multi-tiered alien conspiracy. I'd call it, dare I say, anti-dystopian, thus felt like a much-needed breath of fresh air.

This go around, our trio of the idealistic Snowden-like Dan McCarthy, his older brother, and ex-Iraq vet, Clark, media guru wizard Emma, has expanded two seats to Emma's younger sister (post-modeling career) Tera, and eccentric Italian space-enthusiast billionaire Elon Musk stand-in "Teamo".

Most of the action of the book takes place in TV debates on popular TV shows, social media events going viral, all while searching for the last remaining plaque. There are still a few twists, William Godfrey remains mostly villainess (although no character can be described as evil) as he still commands the GSC with an iron fist, while Richard Walker is entirely a hermit. It makes sense that the book is media-obsessive as it's an accurate reflection of today, where national policy can be set via idiotic presidential tweets informed by watching right-wing, and thus reflects the reality as such. If there's something to be said about the first Not Alone book, is it was probably a little too accurate about the power of perception in mass media. The book occasionally drags as full press conferences are penned out in full detail and conspiracy-wonk Billy Kendrick still has far too much insight and prominence for a fringe cultural icon. At least, President Slater, seems a little more balanced this go around.

If the first book was slow and tedious, this book certainly would only expand that feeling, but I found that the reserved nature of Dan & friends, fresh as there are not entirely black and white villains. Even Dan, follows his real-life model, Edward Snowden that despite his desire to reveal all, realizes that all information can't be released in one swoop and thus must be carefully dolled out... Thus, the book ponders the power of knowing too many secrets, the desire to tell people close to you, and it's bonding power between Dan and his friends.

In the end, it's a nice ride although the aliens could be described as slightly underwhelming a unique and reasonably entertaining listen, a parable about leaking state secrets more than about aliens.

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Another LONG Tale

It was good to hear from the characters we met in Not Alone: One.
(Dan, Clark, Emma, and all the politicians and journalists.)
Second Contact is more direct than the first. I recommend listening to the first book before trying this one, as so much in Second Contact will be familiar. You will already know so much about the characters, and this is the fun element of the book. You'll also understand the politics and deceptions.

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Just epic...

For reference... here's what we said about bk1 (both my husband and I enjoyed the book)...
I was really quite pleased with Craig's tale of international intrigue and aliens, and a not-quite average guy who precipitated the whole mess... I rather enjoyed the narration by J.P.Cronin as well. the only point on which I find fault, is that at around the 3/4 completed point, the story starts to drag a bit... Until the Very Cool revelation at the end! Get it, enjoy it, and thank me later! Lol...

I Loved this book!!! A year has passed, and once again Dan finds himself embroiled in an alien intervention... 
This story throws us back into a tale of intense national, and international  intrigue... keeping me on the edge of my seat!  Unlike the first book, there wasn't any part of Second Contact that dragged on...
James Patrick Cronin proved that he was the right choice for the task of narrating this epic novel!   

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nothing there

I could not finish. The countdown became unbearable. I quit around C-37. Falconer writes well but there is negligible content. It goes on and on with nothing really happening.

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this enjoyable read cannot disappoint anyone!

not exactly sci-fi, not wholly a love story, political elements without being political, enough twists to be unpredictable...simply good stuff and a great read!

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Exceeded my expectations

Characters, theme and ending all great. I look forward for more stories by Mr Falconer

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Epic sequel

With a little getting reminded for character reacquaintances and previous story line away the story went.
There were some long winded sections. Overall another international story, just closer to home this time.

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Epic. Now I want to see the movie!

The characters were so well developed. The writing is so great that I had no problem stepping into this world. I couldn’t stop listening and will be thinking about the D and C days for a long time.

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