The Hive

by Chris Berman, Marina Buryak (Editor), Marshal Fontaine (Illustrator)

Science Fiction and Adventure: Earth has been found: The Hive is Coming! "Suppose the Aztecs or the Incas knew that Cortez or Pizzaro was on his way with the Conquistadors. The knew it weeks in advance and instead of welcoming them as gods, they met them with every weapon at their disposal. Don't you think history would have been different?" What if we were forewarned that a hostile alien race was about to exterminate us? An unmanned probe intersects the orbit of an alien device that's been spying on us for years, leading to the ominous discovery of an alien fleet on its way to Earth. With three years warning, can we defend ourselves from an invasion by a horrific alien species? It's a race against time as an international alliance prepares for battle against not only enemies from the stars but also here on Earth. "Berman's, The Hive, has characters that are well fleshed out and a writing style that takes the reader on whirlwind ride to the final confrontation between the two races of beings." -Midwest Book Review-

368 pages, Paperback

First published December 9, 2008

About the author

I'm Chris Berman. I am a science fiction author, and military historian, writing hard SF with credible technology. I am well versed in astronomy as well as the US and Russian space programs. I live in Florida with my beautiful wife, and our two daughters. THE HIVE is my first book. My second novel, RED MOON is a science fiction techno-thriller. My newest book, Ace of Aces is now available everywhere.

Reviews

[Fadedown · Rating 2 out of 5]

while I liked the premise of the book it was heavily marred by bad grammar, missing punctuation, and missing words in the middle of sentences that made it difficult to read at times. the characters were so pale and one dimensional that I found it very hard to like any of them. there were a number of relationships that were started in the course of the book that all felt overly contrived and forced.

also, the author felt the need to constantly rehash information already given to the reader, such as how the drives on the ships worked, that I felt insulted, almost as if the author did not believe me smart enough to recall how his fighter engines worked, despite describing their action over and over...

poor editing, poor characters, and poor narrative voice mar what is an otherwise interesting read.

[Jose Manuel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the part of the Hard SciFic, but I dislike the characters, they are very simple.

La parte de Ciencia Ficción Dura me encanta, pero la parte de los personajes es mala (muy simplona), propia de una tele comedia USA.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting book. First time for this author, not as polished as say Weber, but still a good read.