In 1948, an alien starship crash-landed in the New Mexico desert and brought with it the key to mankind’s future. Code-named the Rho Project, the landing was shrouded in secrecy, and only the highest-ranking US government and military personnel knew it existed. Until now. The US president is preparing to unveil one of the nation’s greatest secrets when three students stumble across the wreckage of a second ship outside of Los Alamos. With a single touch, the alien technology the government has spent untold resources trying to unlock is uploaded into the minds of three teenagers — teenagers who now know the frightening truth about the Rho Project. The battle for humanity has begun.For a book with young heroes and heroines (I am old enough to still use that term) this book is surprisingly well drawn with an interesting story line, characters with sufficient faults to be believable and enough really bad villains to have caught my attention immediately. Added to that is the fact that the author does not fall into any of the easy clichés, things do not happen as expected and there are enough interesting turns of events to keep things from getting boring. This is a terrific first volume in the series.By the time I realized that our 3 young characters were the central characters in the book I was far too hooked to stop listening. If you want a light fare sci-fi read where you don't have to think too hard, with a clever story that has a lot of suspense, mystery, and action, then is may be a good story for you. I gave it 1 1/2 stars ONLY because I enjoyed the first two or three chapters. Aside from that -- really? It was horrible. Does the author really believe the reader believes teenagers are running around performing science experiments for fun in their spare time, and that they would keep the existence of a space ship a secret? Okay, sure. And it gets even more unbelievable from there -- I gave up once said teenagers hatch some ridiculous, unbelievable plot about a computer virus linking to the space ship to blah blah blah. WhatEVER.
What do You think about Second Ship, The (2006)?
Wasnt sure for the first couple of chapters, but then just got swept away in a great story!
—LibellaVibrans
An interesting take on the Area 51 story. An entertaining and fun read.
—jamb1
