Gray/Guardians [Paperback]

Kathy Porter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 2006

Two alien races vie for the fate of Earth in Kathy Porter's thrilling sci-fi epic, Gray/Guardians. Wracked with environmental disaster and disease, humanity must decide whether to listen to the Grays, extraterrestrials who offer safe harbor on their planet, or the Guardians, who claim the Grays are using people as guinea pigs. The fate of mankind hangs in the balance in this chill-a-second novel.

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About the Author

A native of upstate New York, Kathy Porter grew up watching science-fiction movies and TV shows. Now working part-time as a kindergarten physical education instructor, Porter lives in Southern California, with her husband, daughter and family dog.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (December 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419636685
• ISBN-13: 978-1419636684
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,522,976 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Thoroughly Enjoyable Read!, September 19, 2008

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Francesca Romero "Pres., Havertine Book Club" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gray/Guardians (Paperback)

Kathy Porter weaves a tale (or should I say tales?) involving realistic, multi-dimensional persons - each with his/her own distinctive storyline - whose lives and events converge when all are faced with environmental catastrophe on a global scale. The commonality of their very existence surfaces as they discover their unknown and unwilling involvement with alien beings (not with one race, but two!), and experience some heartfelt self-revelation as a result. Her characters reach out to you, as Ms. Porter effectively portrays, for example: the anguish a mother feels when having to choose between her own children (in this case, both earthly and alien) the dilemma of leaving loved ones behind on earth and everything comforting and familiar, to the noble end of continuing the human race in a new and strange world to the resignation of having to stay behind, facing one's own mortality. Compelling, amusing and suspenseful at different turns in the story, Gray/Guardians contains enough technicality and vivid description to hold the attention of a seasoned science fiction aficionado, but is engaging enough to attract the mainstream and the "I-don't-like-sci-fi!" readers, and draw them in. Gray/Guardians is a thoroughly enjoyable read, and I enthusiastically recommend it!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Read this book, March 23, 2007

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The Librarian (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gray/Guardians (Paperback)

I am not a science fiction fan and UFOs aren't really my thing, but I recently read Kathy Porter's book, Gray/Guardians, and I have to say that I liked it. The characters are interesting and human (even the aliens!); as each chapter ended I was eager to find out what Ellen or Tony or Fruke would do next. The action moves well and the plot is compelling. Porter's story is told in a deceptively straight-forward manner. Without an enormous amount of visual imagery she creates worlds that are easy to imagine in a movie or a TV series.

The alien Grays are trying to save themselves from extinction just as it seems that Earth is about to self-destruct. Could this be a match made in the heavens? Who are the Guardians and why have they been so quiet? Why are everybody's ears ringing? For the answers to these questions and more, read Gray/Guardians.

Local references are a nice touch. How many books have you read that have action in Los Alamitos, California; Endicott, New York; Minot, North Dakota; and Buffalo Gap, Texas?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoyed reading this book. Finished it in one weekend., February 9, 2007

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David Alpern "David at USC" (Long Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gray/Guardians (Paperback)

I have never read a book by Kathy Porter before. I found this book to be very engrossing and captured my attention so much, that I spent the good part of one single weekend reading the whole thing cover to cover.

The idea that a US President would be contacted by aliens who appear to be benovelent is quite common in science fiction. What was really interesting here is that we learn that the President is then contacted by yet another species of aliens. I have never seen this happen before in any other book. The idea that two separate groups of aliens who are in conflict with each other are then using contact with us as a strategy/tactic, and then having us figure out who is lying is very fascinating.

I don't want to provide too much info here about how this gets resolved, but let me simply say that it involves quite a few present day issues including global warming and a world-wide pandemic.