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Tarizon: The Liberator (Tarizon Trilogy)

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Departing from his typical mystery writing, Manchee explores new territory with The Tarizon Trilogy. He presents a storyline that is a must read for the young adult science fiction audience, as well as older readers who yearn for action-packed thrillers. Through exciting characters, great dialog and an engaging storyline, Manchee has created a fascinating story that offers sci-fi fans everything they could want.
Tarizon: The Liberator, the first in novelist William Manchee's exciting Tarizon Trilogy, begins after a series of super volcanic eruptions nearly destroys all life on planet Tarizon. The planet is slowly recovering ecologically but the political situation is volatile. The fight is between the Purists who want to rid Tarizon of a growing mutant population and eliminate all non-human intelligent life-forms, and the Loyalists who want to restore the Supreme Mandate that guarantees freedom and basic rights for all humans and other beings. Much to his dismay, Peter learns that many on Tarizon regard him as the Liberator and expect him to lead a revolution to settle the political unrest.
What a great book to read and enjoy!!!

The young adult science fiction audience will go for William Manchee's Tarizon: The Liberator, is the first book in his new trilogy.
This book has everything a sci-fi fan could want: an alien world, mutants, conflict and civil war, spaceships, super-technology and chapters full of action! There is even romance for young Peter.

The reader is pulled into the story, learning along with Peter the language, customs, food, technology and warfare practices of this alien culture. The vivid descriptions of the planet will feel as if readers are there assisting the earthling as he struggles with doing what he believes is morally right. There is a message here, which is oft repeated, a message of tolerance and hope.
Storyline is attention-grabbing, engaging and out of the ordinary. Settings are nicely detailed, reader is drawn into the action, and interest is compelling from beginning to end. Plot twists, subterfuge, stratagem, and chicanery abound, heroes are heroic, and villains are down-right vicious."

William Manchee's book, "Tarizon: The Liberator," will definitely appeal to young fans of science fiction but also is a well told story of good versus evil, with a likeable, young hero that will appeal to most readers, particularly the teen to twenty-something set. While this book starts with the premise that there are aliens from another planet living among us they are not so different to put off the casual reader. They look human with the only difference that they have gills. Their planet, Tarizon used to be a beautiful place but was nearly destroyed following a series of volcanic eruptions. This premise is very believable. As the inhabitants of Tarizon try to cope they become embroiled in political unrest, resulting in a civil war between the Loyalists, the group believing in restoring rights for all life forms, including a growing mutant population and the Purists who want to rid Tarizon of the mutants and all non-human, intelligent life. This a theory easy to relate to as throughout time there have been civilizations on earth through genocide and ethnic cleansing that have basically tried to do the same thing. Basically, the beings from Tarizon need earthlings and in this book, US citizens to help repopulate their planet. They make a deal with the US government to give them advanced technology in exchange for healthy humans to aid in the repopulation. The story's seventeen year old hero, Peter Turner discovers the basics of this plot and is exiled to Tarizon where he is thought by many to be the prophesized liberator. How he adapts to another planet, customs and language while escaping assassination is a compelling story. Peter stands up for and works for what he believes is right and that always makes a good

Who would have thought that someone could be such a versatile writer? Manchee successfully crossed over from a down-to-earth lawyer battling evil to outerspace battling evil. You can really see his imagination at work. An Earth boy (teenager) gets whisked off Earth to another planet that had been devastated by erupting volcanoes. He is dubbed "The Liberator" and reluctantly he accepts this title. Description of the aliens from a 3 headed genius mutant to the tiniest micro-organisms that can build fantastic buildings allows you visualize these as you get caught up in the action taking place. It is a book you will have a hard time putting down.

In his first attempt at deviating from his mysteries, William Manchee nails it with Tarizon. This book has everything a sci-fi fan could want, an alien world, mutants, conflict and civil war, as well as amazing new inventions. The characters make you a part of the story and you quickly get sucked in and don't want to stop reading for fear of missing something. More entertaining and engaging than many mainstream sci-fi writers. Great read, highly recommended to anyone who wants a great story, and more importantly, you don't even have to read his mysteries to become engrossed in the story, even though this series follows one of the characters from his Stan Turner mysteries.

In a facinating sequel/prequel to his last book, "Act Normal," William Manchee does a surprisingly well-written departure from his murder mystery series of previous years.

"Tarizon: The Liberator" is replete with aliens, spaceships, super-technology, conflict, subterfuge, villians, and heroes; everything you'd expect in a sci-fi adventure, creating a whole new world that has lots of room to explore in future volumes.

Plopping us in the middle of a civil war, we get instantly caught up in the story of Peter Turner - abducted by aliens for finding out they have dealings on Earth, and exiled to their home planet, Tarizon (which is pronounced Tah-rih-zohn, like "Amazon.") Peter, now 17, is pulled into the middle of this war because of a prophecy about a Liberator that will appear upon the event of the planet's super-eclipse, which - guess what - happens just when the spaceship carrying Peter arrives on the planet.

Between beings that believe in Peter and the prophesy, people that are using him to their own ends, people that are trying to kill him, and Peter's own youth and bewilderment at having to learn a new language, new customs, new food, new EVERYTHING, we are woven in along with Peter into the tale of Tarizon's battle for survival.

This book was terrible. I can see how it would be great for younger readers who have trouble absorbing all the details and nuance in a book geared toward adults but you would think that they would be able to handle even a little buildup to the plot line. This book had no artistry to it at all. Its plot developed along an expected path with expected results which can be forgiven and often is in other books as long as the character development is good. Unfortunately in this book it was lacking. The characters are two dimensional with little to no emotional development. The main character sees girl, two pages later he is in love. He pines for her throughout the book. She finally reciprocates. The end, it doesn't get much more complicated or interesting than that. I'm sorry but I was just expecting a little bit more from a book that made the limited space on the "new and interesting" section of my local book store.

On the planet Tarizon, several volcanoes erupted simultaneously; placing the world in darkness and affecting the ability to survive and even grow crops. Everything is aimed at survival so the people of Tarizon make a deal with the authorities in the United States. The will give America tech in exchange for mating with humans and producing healthy offspring. When teenage earthling Peter Turner discovers there are aliens amongst us, they kidnap him and send him to Tarizon to silence him. Many believe he is the prophesized Liberator who will appear from outside during a super eclipse, which occurs as he arrives.

Peter learns his new home, still devastated by e nature, is on the brink of a civil war that neither side can truly win. The Chancellor is incapacitated and Videl of the Purist Party takes his place. He and his followers oppose the Supreme Mandate that grants freedom and equality to sentient non-humans including mutants, the rhutz, the Nanomites and the Seafolken. Peter sides with Vidal's opponents the Loyalists who vow to uphold the Supreme Mandate to live free or die. Still he is caught in a civil war between the Purists and the Loyalists as there is no room for compromise only death.

TARIZON: THE LIBERATOR targets the young adult science fiction audience, but older readers will enjoy the action-packed exciting thriller with a deep message of at least tolerance for all while preferable consensus. The vivid descriptions of the planet will feel as if fans are there assisting the earthling as he struggles with doing what he believes is morally right and taking part in the action and battles. William Manchee has created a fascinating world in trouble that anchors this exhilarating powerful morality tale.

Harriet Klausner