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The first scout ships of the Chrysallaman Empire made contact in 1947. Their mission was simple: find a suitable planet for colonization. Earth—HG-281—was the perfect target. Rich with land, minerals, and water, the blue planet could boast only of a primitive race of defenders known as Humans, bugs who could be easily squashed by the might of a single Chrysallaman’s mind. When one of the scout ships is unexpectedly brought down, the advance party is forced to return to their home planet 30 light-years away to report and regroup. In their wake, they left behind a broken ship, dead crew members, and a young alien boy who would grow to become one of Earth’s greatest assets—and her greatest ally.The lizard-like aliens would be back, and in force. Mankind must prepare a strategy capable of defending against not only superior technology, but superior psychic ability and strength. It will take an elite group of military personnel, brilliant scientists, a sombrero-wearing alien, and another generation to plant the seeds that will grow into a World Wide Defense, the likes of which the Chrysallamans have never known.

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Michael P. Hartnett reviewed The Origin of F.O.R.C.E.

A Brilliant Sci-Fi Novel That's Inspiring

The best science fiction novels possess wonderfulcharacterization, inspired thought, and a shrewd understanding of science (mostsci-fi novel don't). A smart and strangely life-affirming novel, The Origin ofF.O.R.C.E. by Sam B. Miller has all of these qualities and more.

Miller demonstrates impressive knowledge of science,medicine, weaponry, and genetics. As the team gets a handle on how to integratetelepathic and sensory/physical strengths into the body, Miller shrewdlynavigates the even greater challenges of distribution to the masses. Withoutgiving away too much of the plot, let's just say he comes up with ingenious,believable solutions to seemingly intractable problems. Those solutions areshrewdly grounded in the times when the decisions were made (particularly the1950s and 1960s), integrating the vaccines and water treatments emerging duringthose eras.

Through his very likable characters, Miller masterfullydevelops a motif that courses through the novel, focusing on the combination offoresight and patience so necessary right down to memorable climactic battle.Ultimately, this novel serves a testimony to human nature at its best: innovative,compassionate, and resourceful.

About the Author

Sam B. Miller II holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance, and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance, from the University of Tennessee. He has five children and lives with his wife, Susan, and their many dogs, in Northeast Tennessee. The Origin of F.O.R.C.E. is his first novel. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B010T04A2O
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sam B Miller II; 1st edition (July 1, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 1, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2269 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 457 pages
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Sam B. Miller II holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance, and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance, from the University of Tennessee. He has five children and lives with his wife, Susan, and their many dogs, in Northeast Tennessee. After writing a successful Science Fiction 3-book series, Miller turned his attention upon the mystery of the supernatural. SMITH was his fourth novel. He has now returned to his favorite genre, Science Fiction, for his fifth novel, U-10.

Proud of his rich family history, Sam published his Family cookbook filled with hundreds of mouth-watering recipes.

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Michael P. Hartnett

A Brilliant Sci-Fi Novel That’s Inspiring

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2019

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The best science fiction novels possess wonderful characterization, inspired thought, and a shrewd understanding of science (most sci-fi novel don’t). A smart and strangely life-affirming novel, The Origin of F.O.R.C.E. by Sam B. Miller has all of these qualities and more. After shooting down a Chrysallaman spaceship, a small team of humans realizes that this alien species with far superior technology and powerful skills in telepathy has plans to wipe out the human race and colonize it with their own kind.
Fortunately, the planet is 30 light years away, giving the cadre of humans nearly 70 years to prepare for the onslaught (taking into account travel back-and-forth, plus planning). What that team does during that 70 years makes up the wonderful, often brilliant core of The Origin of F.O.R.C.E.. The genius, comically egotistical Heinbaum performs intense energy experiments (using reverse engineering Chrysallaman technology) with surprising results. His scenes with the wisecracking weapons expert McPherson are an absolute hoot. Even better are the scenes where DNA and behavioral specialist Diane Huffman chases down mentally gifted souls like the Dalai Lama and the New Orleans skullreader LaRene, gathering saliva swabs.
The story opens in 1947 and carries right up to 2014. Along for this entire journey is the captured Chrysallaman alien, the amusingly named WhatsIt. The lizard-like WhatsIt become the team’s entry into the powers and skills of another civilization. WhatsIt’s psychological responses to many situations are so credible that they prevent scenes that in less capable hands than Miller’s from being merely cute. Instead, the relationship between him and team leader Jim Blunt (and later with Blunt’s and Huffman’s son Tom) is simultaneously charming and complex.
Miller demonstrates impressive knowledge of science, medicine, weaponry, and genetics. As the team gets a handle on how to integrate telepathic and sensory/physical strengths into the body, Miller shrewdly navigates the even greater challenges of distribution to the masses. Without giving away too much of the plot, let’s just say he comes up with ingenious, believable solutions to seemingly intractable problems. Those solutions are shrewdly grounded in the times when the decisions were made (particularly the 1950s and 1960s), integrating the vaccines and water treatments emerging during those eras.
Through his very likable characters, Miller masterfully develops a motif that courses through the novel, focusing on the combination of foresight and patience so necessary right down to memorable climactic battle. Ultimately, this novel serves a testimony to human nature at its best: innovative, compassionate, and resourceful.

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Anastasia Styles

Runs the gamut from "Space Invaders" to "Independence Day".

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2017

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Reptilian alien invaders in flying saucers, government agents with superpowers, ray guns, vaccine conspiracies, water fluoridation conspiracies, chemtrail conspiracies, and a plucky band of flag-waving gung-ho all-American misfits saving the world.

Aliens who have technology vastly beyond ours, which doesn’t stop humans from reverse-engineering it and greatly improving it while coming up with new ideas of their own, while the aliens’ own tech remains static during the same time period (67 years).

A captured alien teenager who “goes native”, and spends the latter half of the book wearing a sombrero and working to protect Earth from the coming invasion.

In short, a book that doesn’t seem to take itself too seriously, but was certainly an enjoyable read.

For my part, I took most pleasure from Whatsit’s interactions with the humans, as I do tend to enjoy culture clash comedy and scenes in which something otherworldly is revealed to muggles.

I didn’t enjoy very much the human team’s interactions with each other. In the lead scientist’s character, for instance, Miller struggles with a challenge that very, very few writers have met well, and that is the task of writing a character much more intelligent than oneself. Heinbaum is the archetypal off-the-shelf stereotype of a self-important irritable scientist lost in his own ego, and for a long time is not only utterly useless in-world, but is also a blight on any scene in which he appears, from a reader’s perspective. The military members of the team are very much of a muchness, quite interchangeable, and generally showed more intelligence than Heinbaum. The lead female scientist seems to have only two roles; one is to hand-wave genetics and the other is to be a romantic interest for a male lead. Fortunately, Whatsit distracted from most of these whenever he was present in the scene.

All in all, there is much that could stand to be improved in this work, but it definitely has plenty of fun to it too.

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Donald V. Parker III

A pretty cool read.

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2020

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An alien invasion threatens earth, and it's up to a team of highly skilled professionals to save the earth. A straight forward plot with a feel good ending to boot. I like the effort put into the characters and research. The preparation building up to the ending was satisfying. Some of the best moments for me was the interaction with the haughty scientist and the weapons specialists. Watching those two interact made me laugh as they became reluctant friends.

Most of this book is dedicated to preparation, where the research shines the most. Each character were experts in their fields and I was impressed at how the author knew about various research topics ranging from biology to theoretical physics. I also appreciated how Miller didn't focus on their specialties, but on their personal end as well with each character had their own quirks and shortcomings. The romance however seemed underdeveloped to me, but it's quickly made up by their growth into a family.

I wished the children were developed more, but they've moved the plot forward, bringing the story to a satisfying end.

One minor issue I had with the book was the aliens.

With all the preparation and care the defenders took to fend off the alien race, I was expecting them to be a tad bit more mysterious and unpredictable. This is just my opinion. To me, they didn't feel like intelligent superior beings, just idiots with advanced weaponry. But I enjoyed the battles where they meet their defeat to the humans.

It's a cool read from beginning to end and I hope to read more.

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An exceptionally good read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 3, 2016

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Excellent novel brilliantly weaving actual historical facts into this fiction.
An exceptionally good read

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 15, 2016

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A feel good story of humanity and it's ingenuity to overcome an overwhelming force of invading lizards. Looking forward to reading the next installment to see how the story goes and how the characters develope.

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Julie Whitley

A suspenseful, sci-fi ride

Reviewed in Canada on August 4, 2016

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I enjoyed tracing the story line from Area 51 days through the conspiracy to keep an alien captive secret to save man-kind 60 years later. The convolutions of each plan all came together nicely, nestled in well-known historical events. Could this really happen? We may never know until the time is right.

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