Customer Reviews

Immune (The Rho Agenda : Book Two)

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4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(5)
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I've been reading Sci-fi for about 40 years now, so it seems like I already own or have read all the good books. I have to keep waiting for new writers to come on the scene or the oldies but goodies to write more stuff. So I delight in finding a new author with a worthwhile story. I got the Kindle for Christmas and decided to try Second Ship as one of my first downloads. I was very pleasantly surprised, but hated the ending, it ended almost mid-paragraph. The second book Immune was also good, and it ended well, still leaving you with the feeling that the story would go on, but not leaving you practically mid-sentence like the first book. I can't wait for the third installment; Wormhole, but there is no pub date for it yet. Its a good read, although the second book is darker, and worthy of a Jack Reacher novel.

I have been avidly reading books since I was 10 years old. Science fiction was my first love and continued to be so until I was in my early thirties. The first two books I ever read were "Starman Jones" and "The Year When Stardust Fell", and they still remain my favorites. I still have the copy of "The Year When Stardust Fell" that I first read all those years ago. My middle years I found myself gravitating toward military fiction (Tom Clancy). I am 51 now and find that after reading the first two books in the Rho series that I have a renewed love of science fiction. The author kept me riveted to each page and I am so longing that the third in the series were out already. Thanks to Richard Phillips I have found myself back to dreaming of far away worlds and other wordly adventures! Thank you, Richard for bringing me back to my youthful exuberance for science fiction!

Richard Phillips produced an amazing `Roswell' science fiction thriller with `The Second Ship (The Rho Agenda)' and he certainly did not disappoint with `Immune (Book Two of the Rho Agenda)'. I was on the edge of suspense while submersed in his created world as the story continues with Mark, Jen and Heather trying to expose what the Los Alamos Laboratory is attempting to release to the world, as being dangerous for the population. Along the way, the teens suffer their personal trials and the team sent in to investigate the National Laboratory is left on their own as many attached to them are killed. An investigative reporter becomes involved and leaks the information on the nano-serum and others meet tragic ends.

Phillips is phenomenal at adding in a few new characters, giving description of all things occurring and taking this story to another twisted, but enjoyable level. If you have an overly active imagination and find violence offensive, then I would suggest you pass as descriptions on some events are just enough to provoke the wildest imagination to take over. Yet for any sci-fi lover, or those that just love to read anything `alien' related, this was amazing as it grips you immediately and the conspiracies unwrap and you find yourself rooting for the main characters to overcome! I am anxiously and impatiently awaiting `Wormhole', the third in this wonderful series.

I loved both books 1 & 2 of this trilogy. I'm waiting patiently for book 3 to come out for Kindle(iPad). I was able to contact the author through his website and he said that book 3 was in the works for release to Kindle(iPad) soon. I can't wait !!!

After the first book in this series, I immediately bought the second book. I did not think Mr. Phillips could out do himself, but I was pleasingly surprised. This book was even better than the first one. Again, I do not want to give out any details about the storyline, but this in another one that I would recommend. I will be buying the third book as soon as it is released.

I pretty much summed it up with my review of The Second Ship but still have to say that I'm quite impressed! Never wanted to put it down or have it come to an end. The characters get even more developed and real. Simply cannot wait for Wormhole!
Another great job, Mr. Phillips!

A good sequel to The Second Ship, but, in my opinion, not as great. Doesn't flow as smoothly as book 1, with story lines cutting in & out with little transition near the end. Some of our protagonists' abilities also seem to border on fantasy & magic rather than Sci-Fi; in particular, Jenny's special "talent." Exciting nonetheless, and leaves me eagerly anticipating book 3.

In his Rho Agenda series, so far The Second Ship, and Immune, Richard Phillips has created a thoroughly riveting story that compels the reader to read on, following Heather, Mark, and Jennifer,three high schools friends, as their innate abilities are heightened through their contact with the second ship. As a result of what we know, or don't know following the Roswell, New Mexico UFO incident of 1947, Phillips' Rho Agenda brings a very plausible twist to our first, or second, or third (depending on your view) encounter with extraterrestrial intelligence. I eagerly await the next offering in this series, Wormhole.

This is a "can't put it down" sci-fi thriller that is as excellent as the authors first in the series, "The Second Ship, which MUST be read first for the full experience. I hope the author is hard at work, as I would enjoy reading more.

I bought this book (Kindle) after reading the first two chapters of the first book in the series. I felt it was great to find an author who could bring in his modern understanding of science and blend it with some great action. Yes I would recommend this to a friend. I can't wait for the third book to come out!