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Hypocrisy
382 pages, Paperback
Published October 8, 2025
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November 24, 2025
In Washington D.C., Ché Anaconda works for a counterintelligence special group within the government, hunting UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena). His world is filled with secrets, lies, conspiracies, and deceit, and most of what he knows is classified above top secret. Knowing that those in power want to bury the truth, he just wants the public to be informed so they can survive. At this point, he’s unsure who he fears the most, humans or NHI (non-human intelligence).
Alen Innocent currently lives in Upsilon Andromedae, 44 light-years from Earth, and is married to Honor Bliss. He and others like him are ethereal beings who have lived a long time and have astonishing powers. While hanging out white sheets to dry, he has a vision of a girl screaming and blood all over the sheets.
In New York, Leticia, a shapeshifting teenager, is inside the body of another teenage girl who just had a baby. The white sheets around her are bloody, and after guiding her along, she calls 911 and leaves before anyone arrives. Leticia came to Earth, a library planet, to study, but she seems to have ulterior motives. She is just learning how to handle her own powers.
Charisma Blackwell is a young woman and the owner of a designer shop. When the seamstresses run out of fabric for their best-selling line of clothing, she panics. Known as the Veil of Hypocrisy, it has magical powers capable of influencing people’s behaviors.
Multiple story lines intersect in A.J. Thibault’s Hypocrisy, all centering around different alien species living among humans. Set in the near future, Charisma is also a CIA asset who aids Max, a Reptilian off-world visitor, to create chaos, violence, and unrest by providing rioters for hire. She asks Alen for help in saving humanity because they have gone nuclear. When he receives a subspace telegram that Leticia, his niece, is missing, he prepares to return to Earth to look for her. He and Charisma must decide whether humanity is worth protecting at the risk of exposing its greatest hypocrisy.
Alien technology is such a visionary subject, and this is what drew me to this novel. An excavation in Antarctica uncovered something buried beneath the ice. It’s ancient and intelligent and challenges humanity’s perception of truth and consciousness. This causes a power struggle across the galaxy as different groups fight for control. I was hooked by the second chapter when Alen has a psychic vision; it left me wondering if he’s a precognitive or just reliving a memory. His abilities include being able to change his environment and overcome most of the laws of physics, but he is plagued by immense doubt. Will he overcome his own shortcomings to save Leticia?
This science fiction novel is intriguing because it also contains elements of espionage and political satire. Aliens have lived among humans for millennia, yet the government denies their existence. Anyone who witnesses UAPs and takes pictures receives a visit from men in black who confiscate the evidence. Alen’s friends, 3 greys who help him navigate his ship, provide the comic relief as they travel across the galaxy. As a fan of the British sci-fi television show Doctor Who, it was hard not to notice that Alen’s ship, like the TARDIS, is bigger on the inside. I especially liked the descriptions of outer space:
As the ship circled the sun, a trail of the veil extended for hundreds of miles, floating in space like luminous, huge solar sheets that flapped behind the craft, igniting, burning, and disappearing.
There is so much to like about Hypocrisy, namely the intergalactic adventures and the exploration of humanity. Thibault uses the themes of identity and power to present an existential meditation on the lies that define us as a species. Human or alien, the characters are well-developed, and their different stories reflect the universal need to belong. Fans of The X-Files and the Men in Black movies will enjoy this adventurous and thought-provoking novel filled with government conspiracies.
Because that’s how the world works. Lies, deceit, secrets— that’s what holds everything together. Without lies, there’s no crime. Without crime, there’s no need for justice. Without justice, there’s no law. Without law—it’s chaos.
Alen Innocent currently lives in Upsilon Andromedae, 44 light-years from Earth, and is married to Honor Bliss. He and others like him are ethereal beings who have lived a long time and have astonishing powers. While hanging out white sheets to dry, he has a vision of a girl screaming and blood all over the sheets.
In New York, Leticia, a shapeshifting teenager, is inside the body of another teenage girl who just had a baby. The white sheets around her are bloody, and after guiding her along, she calls 911 and leaves before anyone arrives. Leticia came to Earth, a library planet, to study, but she seems to have ulterior motives. She is just learning how to handle her own powers.
Charisma Blackwell is a young woman and the owner of a designer shop. When the seamstresses run out of fabric for their best-selling line of clothing, she panics. Known as the Veil of Hypocrisy, it has magical powers capable of influencing people’s behaviors.
Multiple story lines intersect in A.J. Thibault’s Hypocrisy, all centering around different alien species living among humans. Set in the near future, Charisma is also a CIA asset who aids Max, a Reptilian off-world visitor, to create chaos, violence, and unrest by providing rioters for hire. She asks Alen for help in saving humanity because they have gone nuclear. When he receives a subspace telegram that Leticia, his niece, is missing, he prepares to return to Earth to look for her. He and Charisma must decide whether humanity is worth protecting at the risk of exposing its greatest hypocrisy.
Alien technology is such a visionary subject, and this is what drew me to this novel. An excavation in Antarctica uncovered something buried beneath the ice. It’s ancient and intelligent and challenges humanity’s perception of truth and consciousness. This causes a power struggle across the galaxy as different groups fight for control. I was hooked by the second chapter when Alen has a psychic vision; it left me wondering if he’s a precognitive or just reliving a memory. His abilities include being able to change his environment and overcome most of the laws of physics, but he is plagued by immense doubt. Will he overcome his own shortcomings to save Leticia?
This science fiction novel is intriguing because it also contains elements of espionage and political satire. Aliens have lived among humans for millennia, yet the government denies their existence. Anyone who witnesses UAPs and takes pictures receives a visit from men in black who confiscate the evidence. Alen’s friends, 3 greys who help him navigate his ship, provide the comic relief as they travel across the galaxy. As a fan of the British sci-fi television show Doctor Who, it was hard not to notice that Alen’s ship, like the TARDIS, is bigger on the inside. I especially liked the descriptions of outer space:
As the ship circled the sun, a trail of the veil extended for hundreds of miles, floating in space like luminous, huge solar sheets that flapped behind the craft, igniting, burning, and disappearing.
There is so much to like about Hypocrisy, namely the intergalactic adventures and the exploration of humanity. Thibault uses the themes of identity and power to present an existential meditation on the lies that define us as a species. Human or alien, the characters are well-developed, and their different stories reflect the universal need to belong. Fans of The X-Files and the Men in Black movies will enjoy this adventurous and thought-provoking novel filled with government conspiracies.
Because that’s how the world works. Lies, deceit, secrets— that’s what holds everything together. Without lies, there’s no crime. Without crime, there’s no need for justice. Without justice, there’s no law. Without law—it’s chaos.
November 28, 2025
The novel Hypocrisy drops you right into a wild mix of government secrets, alien power plays, and strange visions that blur the line between what is real and what is imagined. The story opens with Ché Anaconda, a UAP hunter who lives knee deep in lies and threats. From there, the book cuts across galaxies, following Alen Innocent, Honor, Charisma, and a cast of beings who shift forms, twist timelines, and chase after knowledge that could change everything. The plot swings fast, with violence, politics, and cosmic mysteries all happening at once, and it creates this feeling that the universe is breaking open in every direction.
The writing has this bold energy that keeps the scenes jumping. The author clearly loves big ideas. I could feel that passion on almost every page. Scenes would explode out of nowhere. But then I would get pulled back in by some strange image, like blood on a bedsheet turning into a vision. The book has a way of surprising you right when you start to doubt it, and that made the experience weirdly addictive. It felt like watching someone open doors faster than you can peek inside them.
This whole concept of powerful beings feeling lost, insecure, or tired struck me more than I expected. I liked how the book kept poking at the idea that knowledge can be both a gift and a curse. There is something human in the middle of all the chaos. Some moments made me feel a real ache, especially scenes that touch on memory and trauma. Other times, I felt thrown off by the heavy social commentary. Even so, those rough edges gave it a raw emotion that stuck with me.
I think Hypocrisy is perfect for readers who enjoy fast, unpredictable sci-fi with big stakes and messy characters who feel alive. It will hit the sweet spot for people who like their stories loud, strange, and full of cosmic drama, and who don’t mind a little narrative chaos in the mix. If you like to dive into a universe that punches first and explains later, you’ll have a good time.
The writing has this bold energy that keeps the scenes jumping. The author clearly loves big ideas. I could feel that passion on almost every page. Scenes would explode out of nowhere. But then I would get pulled back in by some strange image, like blood on a bedsheet turning into a vision. The book has a way of surprising you right when you start to doubt it, and that made the experience weirdly addictive. It felt like watching someone open doors faster than you can peek inside them.
This whole concept of powerful beings feeling lost, insecure, or tired struck me more than I expected. I liked how the book kept poking at the idea that knowledge can be both a gift and a curse. There is something human in the middle of all the chaos. Some moments made me feel a real ache, especially scenes that touch on memory and trauma. Other times, I felt thrown off by the heavy social commentary. Even so, those rough edges gave it a raw emotion that stuck with me.
I think Hypocrisy is perfect for readers who enjoy fast, unpredictable sci-fi with big stakes and messy characters who feel alive. It will hit the sweet spot for people who like their stories loud, strange, and full of cosmic drama, and who don’t mind a little narrative chaos in the mix. If you like to dive into a universe that punches first and explains later, you’ll have a good time.
December 8, 2025
Thibault’s bold, mind-bending fusion of science fiction, political intrigue, and moral satire challenges what it means to seek truth in an age built on deception. Deep beneath Antarctica’s ice, something awakens—something older than human history and far more dangerous. When the discovery comes in open, Earth suddenly stands at the center of a multidimensional tug-of-war. Charisma, Leticia, and Alen are propelled into a battle for the Veil of Hypocrisy, a device designed to expose—or exploit—the lies reality is built upon. With chaos erupting everywhere, the team must confront the most terrifying question of all: is humanity worth saving if its greatest enemy is the truth?
Thibault is skilled when it comes to layering genres without losing control of the narrative. Interstellar politics, clandestine tech, identity-hopping chaos, high-fashion scheming, and cross-dimensional warfare collide in a story that ought to spiral out of control but instead holds together with impressive precision. The pacing is brisk, the stakes escalate cleanly, and the author’s satirical edge cuts through even the wildest sequences. Throughout it all, the novel asks provocative questions about free will, surveillance, and social engineering. Gripping, subversive, and wonderfully strange, this is a stunner.
Thibault is skilled when it comes to layering genres without losing control of the narrative. Interstellar politics, clandestine tech, identity-hopping chaos, high-fashion scheming, and cross-dimensional warfare collide in a story that ought to spiral out of control but instead holds together with impressive precision. The pacing is brisk, the stakes escalate cleanly, and the author’s satirical edge cuts through even the wildest sequences. Throughout it all, the novel asks provocative questions about free will, surveillance, and social engineering. Gripping, subversive, and wonderfully strange, this is a stunner.
December 6, 2025
I'd say there's a 99.5% chance this book is written in whole or in part by ChatGPT. The other 0.5% is the possibility that A.J. Thibault has only ever read books written by ChatGPT and thinks that's just what a book looks like.
Multiple explicit contradictions of factual information. Heavy repetition of the same information, including on the same page. One million lists starting with an em-dash and containing exactly three elements.
Character A was given a piece of information from Character B, and was shocked. Then a few chapters later, Character A was given the -same piece of information- from Character B AGAIN, and acted as though it was the first time he'd heard it.
In at least 3 different places, the smells of a place were provided as "—[Thing A], [Thing B] and something else." Like, the words 'and something else' multiple times.
Story skipped all over the place even in spite of how many times the same things were rehashed. And I also have some concerns about choosing a protagonist that was a Black man from Compton, whose brother is called "Trigger" when you look like this guy.
Don't understand how people are giving it 4/5 stars unless they just weren't paying attention.
Multiple explicit contradictions of factual information. Heavy repetition of the same information, including on the same page. One million lists starting with an em-dash and containing exactly three elements.
Character A was given a piece of information from Character B, and was shocked. Then a few chapters later, Character A was given the -same piece of information- from Character B AGAIN, and acted as though it was the first time he'd heard it.
In at least 3 different places, the smells of a place were provided as "—[Thing A], [Thing B] and something else." Like, the words 'and something else' multiple times.
Story skipped all over the place even in spite of how many times the same things were rehashed. And I also have some concerns about choosing a protagonist that was a Black man from Compton, whose brother is called "Trigger" when you look like this guy.
Don't understand how people are giving it 4/5 stars unless they just weren't paying attention.
November 21, 2025
A near future sci fi tale where alien factions, government cover ups, and a reality bending power struggle collide as humanity’s biggest lies finally catch up with it.
Like aliens, alien technology, and conspiracy theories? Perfect for fans of The X-Files and the Men in Black Movies.
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Like aliens, alien technology, and conspiracy theories? Perfect for fans of The X-Files and the Men in Black Movies.
See full review on Reader Views
#BookReview #SciFiThriller #IndieAuthors #AmReading #ReaderViews
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