By humanity has come face to face with its own mortality. The earths environment no longer offers quality of life. Then the Visitors came...just a few of them. Benevolent and caring, their behavior and instincts were more like the bear than human yet they possessed powers beyond the comprehension of mankind. They came to restore paradise on earth.
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This is a novel in the spirit of "On The Beach" or "The Day The Earth Stood Still" or perhaps even "I Am Legend", the soon to be movie remake of the book that Stephen King says most influenced his writing. Its not a horror story but "Thinning" is written with an aura of finality that is chilling but rational when mankind confronts a few omnipotent, yet benevolent, beings.
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July, 2011. Early morning. Sarah exited the kitchen's sliding glass door and stood on the deck at the rear of her home in Bakersfield, California. She stared at, perhaps, the largest undeveloped field of land in Southern California. The sun, rising behind her, bathed the field in a subdued light, concealing the devastation of an advanced greenhouse effect and, for a few moments, restoring the field to its bygone beauty. But this morning there was more. As the sun continued to rise the field grew ever more beautiful. Despite months without rain, the field's streams and lakes were full with the same clear, cobalt blue, water she had seen on her Alaskan cruise many years ago. The saw grass was healthy and high. Not dusty and trampled like before. The trees were brilliant in green leaves, each one perfectly formed. Deer drnk from a stream and in the grass she could see a pair of cougars. Descending the deck's stairs, Sarah walked the sixty feet to the edge of the field. A chance to share the field's newfound beauty before she awoke her two daughters for school was irrestible. Suddenly it became very cold. A fog so dense and bright it forced her eyes to close enveloped her. She began to feel dizzy. She could not see where she was going. Sarah turned and started to run from the field in terror...and ran straight into the sliding glass door from which she had exited minutes ago. Sarah was knocked to the deck's floor by the blow. She sat upon the deck, crying, while blood dripped from a cut on her forehead.
By the year 2011, humanity has come face to face with its own mortality. The Earth, its environment overwhelmed by the products of an increasing human civilization, no longer offers its inhabitants quality of life. Survival, for all of the Earth's species, has become the only goal.
Then they came. Not many, just a few. Their behavior and instincts were more like the bear and the deer than human but they possessed powers beyond humanity's comprehension. They came to restore paradise on Earth.
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a 'refreshing' way to deal with humanity,
By philip fowler (Dartmoor, Devon,UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Thinning The Herd (Hardcover)
I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed the book and thought that your method of dealing with our errant civilisation to be a great and well thought out story. The premise that we always adopt in most science fiction is the gung-ho idea that there is always actual violent intent directed from any alien life form to us 'poor' humans. It was refreshing to see you deal with just about all of humanities problems and as a result most of wildlife's problems in such a relatively peaceful manner. In short I thought it was great. I do hope that you will write another novel and I shall obtain a copy when I am next in the United States
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By J.T Brown (Reno, Nevada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Thinning The Herd (Hardcover)
Mr. Fraley has taken a very unique storyline, and embelishedit with"earthyness",wittyness and humor,that makes for very enjoyable reading. Several times I found myself laughing out loud, and other times saying, "Right On!"I would recomend this book to any sience fiction reader who wants a story that is easy to read, has a unique perspective and a gripping ending.
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