Don't Mess With Earth [Kindle Edition]

Cliff Ball (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

I recommend Don't Mess With Earth to Sci-Fi and alternative history fans.
Reviewed by WR Potter for Reader's Choice Reviews.

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The creative storyline will keep many readers hooked. --Will Gabbett, Feathered Quill Book Reviews

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Product Description

In this alternate history novel..... humans discover that two groups of aliens have been manipulating human history since the pre-historic days. One group does this by posing as historical figures such as King Arthur, Galileo, Amelia Earhart, among others. The other group causes all sorts of historical anomalies such as the Salem Witch Trials and the disappearance of the Roanoke colonists.

Centuries later, when the humans from the country called the United States get a chance to study the technology of a downed alien ship in Roswell, they decide to do something about both groups of aliens. Once the scientists of Earth start reverse engineering the downed spacecraft, President Truman issues an executive order that will forever change Earth history.

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 253 KB
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005OOKZJI
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #322,143 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Lives in Texas, born in Arizona, is a Christian and is Baptist. Has a BA in English & History, pursuing a Certificate in Technical Communications. Has published 6 novels and 3 short stories. Won 3rd in high school for a short story I wrote in Creative Writing class for a young adult magazine. As a Christian, Cliff writes with his worldview in mind, so there's some conservative or Christian themes in his novels/short stories.

In order of original publication:
Out of Time - 2008
Don't Mess With Earth - 2009
The Usurper - 2010
Shattered Earth - 2010
Voyager and the Aliens - 2011
Dust Storm - 2011
New Frontier - 2011
Times of Trouble - 2012

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Customer Reviews

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It would encourage a new generation of writers., August 14, 2009

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Jose J. Clavell (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Don't Mess With Earth (Paperback)

Because the general sentiment is going to be, "I can write better stuff than this &*$$@@". I will recommend that the author to do better research in future works as some had already mentioned on prior reviews. For my part, his portrayal of the US Military was cartoonish and insulting. There is not "Commanders" in the US Air Force as a rank. No serious attempts to contact the Terrans and discover their motivation? The "President" not getting impeached and sent to prison for ordering a genocidal attack? Russia and China attack the US and are still around to invade it? With what? Oh, please.

I developed more sympathy for the putative bad guys, the Ragnors who come across as hostile as Malvin the Martian of Bugs Bunny fame. Everyone else fell quite short.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not the whole book, a psuedo documentry not a novel, November 15, 2011

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R. David Morris (Houston,Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Don't Mess With Earth (Kindle Edition)

Okay, first this is a portion of a documentary style book. There is a little stilted dialogue but mostly it reads like a high school history text book. At the end of the story you find out that to read the rest of the book you have to pay an additional 2.99 ebook or 12.99 paperback. This is basically a very boring teaser to get you to pay for the book twice.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The problem with ebooks, November 13, 2010

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Kendall "Novice Curmudgeon" (United States Minor Outlying Islands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Don't Mess With Earth (Kindle Edition)

"VirtualPress," the publisher of the paperback edition of "Don't Mess with Earth," is what we often refer to as "vanity press." Simply put, it means the author probably could not find a real publisher and had to pay for publishing it himself. For this book, it's a good bet such is the case. The writing is amateurish, awkward, and full of grammatical errors and it seems unlikely a real publisher would bother. If these things don't bother you and you like space operas, even inane ones, you may like it. Otherwise, spend your money on something else.