The Abductors: Conspiracy [Mass Market Paperback]

Jonathan Frakes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 1998

What begins as a search for a missing teenager changes ex-cop Richard McCallum's live forever when he uncovers clues pointing to an extraterrestrial plot to infiltrate humanity as part of a covert invasion of the Earth. McCallum never believed all those tabloid headlines about UFOs and alien abductions, but now he has no choice but to join the fight against the enigmatic Klar -- before he himself becomes the next person to diasappear

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This sf novel is from the latest Star TrekR regular to move from film to print.
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books (December 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812570995
• ISBN-13: 978-0812570991
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,608,487 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Commander Riker tries to write, January 27, 2004

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Rachel Watkins "Rachel Watkins" (Joshua, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Abductors: Conspiracy (Hardcover)

This is a rather mediocre book. A story of an alien invasion, the protoganist is a retired police officer turned private investigator and is hired to find the daughter of a rich man, and later an elderly man, both kidnapped by aliens, though this fact is unknown to him at first.

The Aliens are kidnapping elderly people and having doubles go into all the major cities carting a hydrogen bomb with attached EMP blaster. The protoganist, along with a group dedicated to finding and eliminating the alien threat on earth find and dismantle thier plan, and rescue some people.

While the story is interresting, the writing quality is poor and this would have been much better if it had been better written. In a final battle(which was suposed to be the story climax, but wasn't that powerful) the protaginist loads up his AK-47 and recives last-minute instructions on it's use, only to find himself shooting an M-16..(did the aliens switch it on him?)..in the middle of a shoot-out with a couple of aliens.

Well Riker, try again, not terribly bad for a first book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A book looking for a sequel........, April 28, 2003

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James Barrett (Northern California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Abductors: Conspiracy (Mass Market Paperback)

Found this at my local ... store...bought it as a lark. Started reading it yesterday, finished it today. Not much to the book (other than laughing at the mistakes)...thought I would see if Frakes had the guts to ghost write a sequel...guess not! All in all, good light reading....

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars good ideas, needs work, October 15, 2000

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A. Burchfield (Conway, Missouri USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Abductors: Conspiracy (Mass Market Paperback)

...[This] book needed a lot of work. One thing I found very irritating was the continual use of And or But to start sentences, very bad practice according to what I learned in my school days. I also noticed that AK-47 M-16 blunder, made me think that the writers (assuming that Frakes actually DID do any writing)have no experience with weapons. I thought the assaults against the Klar were also weak as well. If you really want to read the book try the discount section of your local bookstore, I got it in hardback for 40 cents less than the quoted paperback price.