Alien Secrets audiobook

Solar Warden by Ian DouglasThis is the beginning of a series and I am really looking forward to reading more. The premise is that all of the rumors about Area 51 and aliens’ visits have a grain of truth. Mark Hunter, a Navy SEAL, finds himself directing a mixed band of special ops troops. Said troops are to provide security for a starship. The author suggests through his Hunter character that the secretiveness of the government program and the hiding of the actual existence of alien being should be corrected. The plot draws from some actual suppositions in the past which enhances its credibility. There were some pages that caused eyes to glaze over with paradoxical premises. Overall, the book was very good and I look forward to the next volume. As an aside, considering the number of potentially inhabitable planets in just our galaxy, it is the height of arrogance to assume we are the only intelligent (often questionable) life to be found.

Received an ARC for this review.Ian Douglas blew my mind with this book. When I read his book, I thought, no way he can weave alien visitor myth with a current tech sci-fi story. And then he did. And did well! His main characters went through change, he had well-defined antagonists, and the alien species development was superb. Very, very well written book.

Good start to a new series. A little formulaic, but good.

This is the first book in the "Solar Warden" series by Ian Douglas a.k.a. William H. Keith. This book spans a time period from WWII and to the present. It tells the tale of alien influence and government conspiracies. It also ventures into interstellar space with a crew of elite military personnel and civilian scientists to try to stake humanity's claim among the greater intelligent life forms in the universe. A great read in the Space Opera/Military Science Fiction genre. As usual Ian Douglas a.k.a. William H. Keith doesn't disappoint.

One of the best books I have read in 2020. & I have read s lot of books.

Excellent First BookFun, enjoyable and interesting. Learned some real facts which is always a plus. Fiction blends well with history. Has a real military feel and comradery. The characters I enjoyed learning about and look forward to more adventures.

Uniquely masterful introduction to what will be a great series!Be ready to spend time on the web checking abundant references to UFOlogy , SciFi and history . Douglas weaves a deep tapestry of the cosmos we only thought we knew! More complex than some of his other work with nuances and character! A bit slow on the necessary world building but a very satisfying read! I am definitely geared for whats next - Aldebaran!

I enjoyed this book, and I'm not always a fan of "Boots on the Ground" type of military novel. I loved the "Truth is out there" type of plot line and really enjoyed the stance of we don't really have it all figured out but we're trying. I really feel that if Aliens are real and they are here, this is exactly what it would be like. We can't tell who is good and who is bad, our mind sets are so different that good and bad don't even apply sometimes. There is no handbook, and trying to plan ahead can even make things harder. If there is other life, this will be our reality. We will not be top dogs, we will not be even 3rd string players. If wee are lucky, we will be the cute little stray dogs that fetch foul balls and maybe get adopted by a player that feels sorry for us. We have teeth and we can fight the best of them, but we really have no idea what is going on.

Take all the UFO theories you've heard, and probably some you haven't, add in some time travel, humanoid and non-humanoid aliens, Star Trek, V, maybe a little Star Wars, impossible and possible technology, stir with a couple of conspiracy theories and military action and you have one hard-to-put-down sci-fi thriller.At the heart of it all is, I think it is a story about man trying to cope or find his place in a universe that is very ancient with life forms that we can probably never totally comprehend. But it is all nicely fitted in to an exciting story. And this is to be the first of a series, definitely looking forward to others/

I read this book because the book is set in the world of UFO conspiracy theories, based on the premise that we have a secret space program, bases on the backside of the moon and a secret space fleet engaged in interstellar warfare. I'm writing a book based on the same premise and wanted to see how Ian Douglas handled it. He handled it pretty well. He's a Navy veteran and the space fleet stuff rings true. He also posits some Bug-eyed Monsters that are beyond where the conspiracy theories go, but they're pretty good BEMs.It's a good action story with an authentic ring to it.

This book was written approx a year ago and some of they write about came true this year, how the government released the ufo info. This is not a "Men In Black" story. The author knows about the military and tactics. This is similar to his earlier works. Overall a good read for science fiction and military nuts.

Thought Provoking!Mr. Douglas has written a superb booklet, it may well be truth written as fiction. It explained a lot of possible reasons why governments may not want the truth out in the open I'd never considered.I definitely want to make the next trip to Aldebaren!

Wow, just wow ! I don't know if I was just in the right mood or what but this was the best book I've read in years ! Can't wait for the next book in this hopefully long series ! The way it brought together the many UFO conspiracy theories was masterful ! I loved this book !

Fresh and new take on aliensIf you realize science-fiction you see all kinds of stuff. But this book really seems like it was written by a person with military background and was thinking things through. Not just writing a bunch of fluff to get readers Just my opinion.

Recent Reads: Alien Secrets. The first of Ian Douglas' new Solar Warden series mashes up UFO conspiracies with milSF and his own far-future brand of space opera. A Navy SEAL on a mission to hunt down space Nazis ends uncovering deep secrets, about the past, present, and future.

A great story that blends in our UFO mythology. It was a compelling story and I finished it in four days. I recommend it.

Chock full of geekiness and nuggets that would trigger anyone exposed to conspiracy theories.