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Stranded
An invasion tale like no other. An intelligent tale of terror for the working man. It's THE GREY meets ALIENS and THE THING.
Men isolated at a logging camp in Alaska spend their days working and driving dogs. Drinkers. Smokers. Tough guys doing a tough job.
In the middle of a terrible storm, a black circular shape careens overhead. None of them want to admit that they saw it: A goddamn flying saucer. A ship not only carrying extraterrestrial creatures, but also their weapons of war. Nightmare beasts meant for a battlefield far from Earth.
Loggers, alien Pilots and American soldiers forge a wary alliance to stop the horrifying warmachines from ripping the planet and the galaxy to pieces.
Men isolated at a logging camp in Alaska spend their days working and driving dogs. Drinkers. Smokers. Tough guys doing a tough job.
In the middle of a terrible storm, a black circular shape careens overhead. None of them want to admit that they saw it: A goddamn flying saucer. A ship not only carrying extraterrestrial creatures, but also their weapons of war. Nightmare beasts meant for a battlefield far from Earth.
Loggers, alien Pilots and American soldiers forge a wary alliance to stop the horrifying warmachines from ripping the planet and the galaxy to pieces.
387 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 13, 2013
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William Vitka
40 books25 followersWilliam Vitka is a journalist and writer and native New Yorker/Pennsylvanian. He's written for The New York Post, CBS News, Stuff Magazine, GameSpy, On Spec Magazine and The Red Penny Papers to name a few.
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September 20, 2015
Torn between three and four stars - it it weren't for the excessive violence and horror, it would be a solid four. But that's me - anyone who doesn't mind that as much may well love this one.
From the blurb to the first pages this is - no spoiler - an invasion novel. A group of Alaskan loggers go to investigate the crash of a UFO in a remote area. This does not sound like much, but Vitka has some brilliant ideas and actually manages to be innovative.
Furthermore, Vitka's style is (for a horror & SF-thriller), dare I say ... unique? Even more so, unique and good. It reminded me a bit of Hemingway's journalistic style - very short sentences, straight to the point and he takes it to the extreme by keeping some chapters as short as one single sentence. Does it work? Yes. It takes some getting used to though.
I am currently reading part 2, which is totally different - it's a YA-horror & SF-thriller. Yes, 'Young Adult', and the writing style is way more conventional as well. Though I doubt it, I would not be surprised to learn that it was written by someone else or at a different time in the writer's career.
BTW - I'm confused to see this marked as "Part 0" of the "Hroza Connection", as I can not find part 1 on Goodreads, but only parts 0 and 2-6; a web search brought no answer either.
From the blurb to the first pages this is - no spoiler - an invasion novel. A group of Alaskan loggers go to investigate the crash of a UFO in a remote area. This does not sound like much, but Vitka has some brilliant ideas and actually manages to be innovative.
Furthermore, Vitka's style is (for a horror & SF-thriller), dare I say ... unique? Even more so, unique and good. It reminded me a bit of Hemingway's journalistic style - very short sentences, straight to the point and he takes it to the extreme by keeping some chapters as short as one single sentence. Does it work? Yes. It takes some getting used to though.
I am currently reading part 2, which is totally different - it's a YA-horror & SF-thriller. Yes, 'Young Adult', and the writing style is way more conventional as well. Though I doubt it, I would not be surprised to learn that it was written by someone else or at a different time in the writer's career.
BTW - I'm confused to see this marked as "Part 0" of the "Hroza Connection", as I can not find part 1 on Goodreads, but only parts 0 and 2-6; a web search brought no answer either.
June 19, 2014
Stranded doesn’t rely on sprawling colloquialism but instead uses precise, punctuated sentences perfect for the brass tacks demeanor of the characters. It tells the story of an alien invasion that takes place in a small logging community in Alaska. After a massive saucer crashes into the mountain, the men from the logging camp stand their ground with the military in an abandoned airport where they make contact with the Pilots, three aliens who show remorse for unleashing unimaginable horrors onto their planet....
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