The Earth has been invaded by aliens, but the invasion is not with soldier and star ships. It starts with plagues that ravage the human race, killing off a high percentage of the population. Then as people are struggling to recover they begin to discover alien plants and animals being introduced. The creatures/plants are hyper aggressive and represent the first steps of another species terraforming the earth. The US lost the cold war and was forced to disarm (think Germany post WW1). They recognize the threat, but the world feels they are just using this as an excuse to rearm.
So that is the premise, and it's pretty intriguing, the problem I have is the main character (book is in first person). The main character is completely unlikable. He comes off as angry, arrogant, and self righteous, and all around bad combination. The other characters he encounters are basically cardboard cutouts, sure they have names, but they paper thin and just something new for the protagonist to rail against.
Ultimately I found the book disappointing. There were some really cool ideas that I would have liked to seen explored further, but I won't continue with the series. For a first person novel, it's really hard to continue if you don't like the person telling the story
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