Hello and welcome to this week’s post. I am feeling unwell today, owing to the hot weather, and so this post will be the bare minimum. Apologies!

This week I have read the sequel to last week’s book, Blue Sunrise by Gregg R Overman, Blue Sunset…

The book is the second part of the Blue Sunrise Space Opera. Here is the blurb…

”The aliens just want us all to die. Two men and a Martian “Scout Bug” have other ideas.

Earth is in political and economic turmoil in the wake of an unprovoked alien attack. NASA abandons the crew on Mars as power shifts to a reactionary political party, but they reconsider when new lights and radiation bloom on the periphery of our solar system. NASA needs Mars to once again act as the sacrificial lamb for the incoming missiles, but the Mars’ crew has their own problems after one of the missiles strikes Mars and turns the environment from inhospitable to unlivable. It seems their only choice is death by starvation, hypothermia or the next alien missile.Something on Mars awakens after millennia of stasis. It is hungry, and the human crew on the surface is obviously food, albeit genetically damaged food. The genetic damage will need to be corrected before the harvest.Astonishingly, the next round of incoming alien missiles begins communicating, and the Mars Crew learns that the galaxy has been subjected to a reign of genocidal bombardment for thousands of years. They have suffered much, but the crew on Mars and the fully awake Martians decide to go down fighting.

Once again, I found the book very enjoyable and was able to engage with it even during the major life event of moving house! At the moment, however, I am not well, so was unable to write much in response. If you are interested in the book, there are plenty of good reviews on Goodreads. This is what I did manage to write…

Blue SunSet: The aliens want humanity dead. Can the Martians save them? And at what cost? by Gregg Overman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a really enjoyable sequel. The main characters were well fleshed out and this gave more insight into their motivations, especially those on Mars. In addition, the plot really moved further away from the standards of the first book. I wasn’t quite sure about some of this at first, but the different points of view worked in the end. I loved the wide variety of aliens and the clever and imaginative writing that really brought them to life. There was a nice touch of humour too.

When I finished the book, I saw that the author has written a sequel, so I have now started this book!

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So, that’s all for now!

Happy Reading!

Love and best wishes,

Anne

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