Millennial Hospitality III: The Road Home

by Charles James Hall

He called the bridegroom aside and said, "Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now." -- John 2:9,10 The Road Home is full of suspense and more than a few surprises.

360 pages, Paperback

First published April 24, 2003

About the author

Charles James Hall was born and raised in rural Wisconsin, USA, near Madison. He enlisted in the United States Air Force on July 20, 1964. He was stationed at Nellis Air Force Base outside Las Vegas, Nevada, for over two years. While there, he served for extensive periods of time as a weather observer in the desert on the Gunnery ranges at Indian Springs, Nevada. Following this, he served a year in Vietnam in the Mekong Delta. Charles received an award for surviving more than 35 communist attacks. A year after receiving an honorable discharge in May 1968, Charles married Marie, on the condition that he would go to college. In record time, he earned both a Bachelor's Degree in Thermal Physics and a Masters degree in Applied Nuclear Physics at San Diego State University in San Diego California. Charles did Ph.D. level post graduate work at the University of Maine at Bangor. Later, he earned a Masters in Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

When Charles and Marie had been married about three months, Charles decided to risk telling her about the extraterrestrials he had encountered at Indian Springs. Marie wasn't terribly interested in whether or not ETs existed. She only said that if she met one, she hoped she would behave properly. That might just be another way to describe the current buzzword, 'Exopolitics'.

Raising a family pushed memories of the terror and unprecedented experiences on the Indian Springs gunnery ranges into the background, but they couldn't be forgotten. In his spare time, Charles began writing his memoirs for his children and grandchildren. Eighteen years later, when Marie discovered what he had been doing, she convinced him to publish them. She found it easy to come up with a title, cover design and helped edit what eventually became the Millennial Hospitality series, which is now four books. Marie particularly liked Charles' memoirs because they did not attempt to prove the existence of extraterrestrials, but rather, could be read and enjoyed by anyone. They read like a novel and the reader can learn about how to be a better human being. Because of the nature of the material, and to protect the innocent, it seemed prudent to change the names of friends, places, a few distances and directions. The Millennial Hospitality series is without precedent, a truly groundbreaking account of one man's actual experiences with extraterrestrials in the Nevada desert. It is already being hailed as a classic.

Reviews

[K.C. Hilton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Out of 1-5 books in this series (now another book 6), I initially skipped this one because of the reviews in regards to Charles Hall's experience in the Vietnam war. It's not that I didn't find that last part of the book interesting, but it had nothing to do with the Tall Whites. Although, previously mentioned, he was only writing his stories for his children/grandchildren. Just like the other 4 books in this series (not counting number 6), the editing or should I say 'lack of editing' is the only drawback. I've continued to read/listen to this series because of the Tall Whites. The storyline is great, I just had to get past the self-editing. The main story is still worth 5 stars in my opinion. I've watched many of his interviews and he is a kind, honest and Godly man. I don't doubt his stories to be anything but true. I'll continue to book 6 now.

[Mike Randall · Rating 4 out of 5]

On the one hand I agree that he had been through a lot, but he had a chance to become a military officer, overseeing and interacting with intergalactic visitors, and maintaining relationships vital to our world. Instead he chose...Vietnam?! I would have had a hard time trusting them after what had happened too, but the alternative possibilities are...too exciting to turn down.

I can't wait to read part IV!!

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well done book, but the Vietnam section should have been saved for a separate article in a magazine. Not be a spoiler, but when he left the alien sector the book became less interesting. Still thumbs up and is ready to read Part IV; but if he less with the aliens and more on other matters I will not look to read Part V.

[Robert A. Yaffee, Ph.D. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A delightful tale about Charles J. Hall's Air Force service experiences and those he met along this journey.

[Bradley Valentine · Rating 4 out of 5]

NOTE: This isn't a review as much as a few notes. I plan on writing a longer review at some later point in time.

Like a few other reviewers, I initially skipped book 3 because of the Vietnam angle. Not to be callous, but unless the CIA smuggling glowing suits and Harry Potter rods from the Green Zone and into "the shit," it's not what I'm here for. That was a mistake. The Vietnam angle shows what makes Charlie such an ideal witness to the Tall Whites. The unconscious coping mechanisms his subconscious seems always to have at the ready.

The parts of the books I always have trouble with are the sort of John Wayne tropes.

WARNING // SPOILERS from here on.

The further I've gotten into these books the more like a fever dream they've become. There is a scene here where Charlie clings to life following an accident with one of the Tall Whites. He lay packing dirt on his neck and lying on top of the wound while The Teacher brags about his intelligence to have figured out a way to staunch the bleeding. Four star generals are more or less weeping looking down at him and theatrically asking where the service finds such men as Charlie, so brave and intelligent. Maybe we'll be reminded AGAIN that Charlie aced whatever exam. The Teacher continues how Charlie was only hurt because Pamala, the younger Tall White, was so afraid of Charlie's intelligence, his ability to out think the Harry Potter wand, and also, Pamala is in love with Charlie like The Teacher is in love with him.

This is the section of the book where I decided I'd read something else after Book 3, haha. I'll come back to 5 and 6 later.

The crazy part is I believe Charlie Hall. I don't take everything he says at face value. He's obviously a smart dude if he really ended up working in the sciences, as his bio states.

I think Charlie Hall is, as we say nowadays, "on the spectrum." I do NOT know that to be the truth. It just seems like that's the missing ingredient that would make this whole story come together in a reliable way. Er... I mean, it's still challenging.

I wish somebody not related to Charlie would go back into his books with him and get rid of the stuff that was put in when it was meant to be presented as a novel instead of a memoir. I laugh every time Charlie has a "guy talk" session with one of his buddies. It's really how an alien might describe two young adult human men would talk in 1965.

[Adam Ripon · Rating 1 out of 5]

Completely rubbish and not worth wasting your time. It's evident that it's all made up, the author contradicted himself on so many occasions. He apparently can see people several miles away and identify if there a women or man, girl or boy with the naked eye. He has the book listed as true but it ought to be relisted as science fiction.

[Tipu Sultan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book.

A fantastic well written book about Aliens on earth, unique insight into their culture and science and technology, amazing read.

[Jeannine Woods · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are typos in this book !!! At the end of this book is a section of the horrors of the Vietnam War. I particularly do not like reading about the Vietnam war. My half brother did three tours of duty in Vietnam. He came back home but his brain was messed up. He got full disability and he spent his life drunk or on drugs. He was in prison for awhile and that was the only time he was ever sober. He never married and never had children, He did not live a normal life. I also had high school friends that never came back from that war and a few that came home injured. So reading this part of the book was painful. The author I think included it to make some points about a couple of things all of which I am already aware of and do not need to read about. One, that we have guardian angels, two that when we die we can choose to be reincarnated which I totally believe, and three that if we are lucky our guardians sometimes will give us the gift of feeling peace, love, and happiness. If this has ever happened to you it is something that you will never forget. Then the last section of the book made me laugh as the author, a physicist, is passionately explaining in scientific terms something about energy with formulas and examples of how he is right about something that I totally did not understand. I am an accountant but I cannot follow formulas for theories about something scientific that I have no interest in. Plus I am not a mensa member so it was totally over my head. I am a reader reading science fiction, I believe that there are huge spaceships that can travel faster than the speed of light carrying intelligent beings from many planets from many galaxies. I do not need to understand how they do it or what type of construction the spacecraft has or what type of propulsion system it uses for space travel, unless you can explain it to me in common words. That section of the book was for the author to show how smart he is and I do not think many of his fellow scientists are going to be reading three of his books. I still rated it 5 stars because I liked the other parts of the book, and maybe people that have not had the experiences and blessings that I have had might enjoy the section on Vietnam.

[Lynn Hofer · Rating 3 out of 5]

A humble super hero

Better written than the previous books. Good storyline. I wish Charlie had gone back to the range instead of to Vietnam.