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Nemesis: The Demon Star of Nibiru
The sun's fabled lost twin is no longer a myth. One scientist and his daughter have proven not just that Sol's twin brother is real, but also that it has visited Sol dozens of times, bringing a rain of meteors and volcanic eruptions with it each time and causing one extinction event after another. Even worse, they've found that Nemesis has returned home early for another visit, and what it did to the dinosaurs is nothing compared to what it has in store for the Earth this time! It's been orbiting its bigger brother since the two were born billions of years ago, pelting the planets with asteroids whenever it's near, but this time it's getting closer than ever before. They have a plan, and a way to possibly give mankind a future, but it'll take a long, concerted effort! Working with friendly governments around the world to keep it a secret for as long as possible, they hope to avoid a worldwide panic while they build up man's presence in space, secretly creating a way to protect themselves, and maybe save some part of the human race. Enlisting the aid of a daring young pilot, with whom the scientist's daughter eventually falls in love, they battle ever-worsening natural calamities to give mankind some sort of future. Yet, while they work around the clock to manufacture weapons to finally take on the meteors, the chunks of space-debris are coming in ever-increasing numbers...and in ever-greater sizes! As the bombardment of asteroids and comets coming at the Earth becomes harder to survive and the dead and injured pile up, the crisis sends many over the edge. When the solar reunion brings several of Earth's cousin-planets close enough to cause massive earthquakes and volcanic upheaval they have to worry if it will possibly crack the very core of the Earth!
1195 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 5, 2022
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February 19, 2024
Love and Disasters
So I admit I am having a hard time picking a star rating for this one. There are things in this book that I both hate and love so in the end I chose 3 stars. Hopefully that will work.
Things I love: I most definitely enjoyed the peaceful scenes in Hawaii and the stuff with Kekoa. I loved the bits about the local Hawaiian beliefs, how Kekoa's grandmother just knew things because she was in contact with the Hawaiian gods \ goddesses. And it was nice how the story often focused on True Love, trying to explain it. Maybe some of those scenes were a tad sappy but I think its a good thing to put in a book as I think many people do not actually know what true love is. Many people mistake other things for love or get married for the wrong reasons and this story explores those ideas (as odd as that may seem). I also loved some of the descriptions in here, especially of Hawaii before the real disasters start.
The story also explores how the past can intrude on your life and affect you. This happens to one of the major characters and the person has the most difficult time dealing with it. I won't say who in case you decide to read this. But the person suffers horribly and that in turn affects others. And it is due to this suffering that I have put this into the "mental health" category on my list.
Now for the bad stuff about this book: I found lots of this story quite dull yet I read it to the end without any real difficulty so its not that awful. Many of the action \ disaster scenes were not scary or thrilling. Sometimes it just states that whole mountain ranges have collapsed into a huge hole. Often there was some lava spitting out of the ground and I had no idea where this was occurring - only that it was the "west coast of the US". But where? No idea.
I found many of the disaster parts of the story hard to believe. I watch lots of videos on volcanoes. I really do not believe that just because a shield volcano erupts that the eruption will cause the whole island to sink under the sea. And certainly not the entire chain of islands. The shield volcanoes are some of the safest volcanoes in the world. Does the author know anything about volcanoes?
There is no mention in here of Yellowstone, Campi Flegrei, Long Valley Caldera or any of the other well known super volcanoes like Lake Taupo. And when Italy was mentioned because of a disaster not a peep about the all too famous Campi Flegrei. Which is mighty odd... Instead something else befell Italy. Which is mighty odd as Campi is often in the news and a big concern to the volcanologists.
I also really hated how often entire sentences were in capital letters as if the characters were screaming at each other. I found it very annoying...
****
I do think the author has tried hard to think of many aspects of this scenario. He has tried to cover the politics, how people would behave, the fear and anxiety, how some people think they deserve better because they are rich. He has tried to figure out how these planets swinging through our solar system would affect not only Earth but the other familiar ones as well. The one scene with Jupiter actually made me very sad. And yes there are multiple planets in this book as its not only Nibiru.
The plot was long and tricky enough that even near the end I was uncertain how it would end. Why? Because the whole plan by the people in control was plagued by accidents. Just like during the Lockdown you see how this thing hangs on that thing and the things you need are not available. So what do you do? I think this part is very realistic. So there are things constantly happening. And some of it was surreal as in parties when entire countries are just gone. Makes me ask how they can party or download a song (how can they download anything) when the world is dying? I cannot understand that at all. Many characters seemed too - heartless - for me. I guess they have no empathy.
Much of the writing was very descriptive. I almost could see some of the scenes.
It took me less than 36 hours to read this whole book so I have flown through it.
I have seen videos about Nibiru on YouTube. It makes one wonder. But I think the disasters are more frequent than what the author says. He doesn't mention the Younger Dryas at all...
I do feel that this story will make me think. I will probably think about the stuff in here for a long time. I mean how DO you handle a situation like that? Is the answer he came up with in here the correct one? Many native beliefs say the people came up to the surface from underground. So the last time Nibiru swung through did people hide underground?? How can the underground be safe in such turmoil? I guess hopefully we will have to never know.
And no I did not find this scary or upsetting. I think that is because the disaster scenes are on just a too massive scale for me to believe.
The bit way at the very end was truly intriguing. Its a good way to end the book.
So I admit I am having a hard time picking a star rating for this one. There are things in this book that I both hate and love so in the end I chose 3 stars. Hopefully that will work.
Things I love: I most definitely enjoyed the peaceful scenes in Hawaii and the stuff with Kekoa. I loved the bits about the local Hawaiian beliefs, how Kekoa's grandmother just knew things because she was in contact with the Hawaiian gods \ goddesses. And it was nice how the story often focused on True Love, trying to explain it. Maybe some of those scenes were a tad sappy but I think its a good thing to put in a book as I think many people do not actually know what true love is. Many people mistake other things for love or get married for the wrong reasons and this story explores those ideas (as odd as that may seem). I also loved some of the descriptions in here, especially of Hawaii before the real disasters start.
The story also explores how the past can intrude on your life and affect you. This happens to one of the major characters and the person has the most difficult time dealing with it. I won't say who in case you decide to read this. But the person suffers horribly and that in turn affects others. And it is due to this suffering that I have put this into the "mental health" category on my list.
Now for the bad stuff about this book: I found lots of this story quite dull yet I read it to the end without any real difficulty so its not that awful. Many of the action \ disaster scenes were not scary or thrilling. Sometimes it just states that whole mountain ranges have collapsed into a huge hole. Often there was some lava spitting out of the ground and I had no idea where this was occurring - only that it was the "west coast of the US". But where? No idea.
I found many of the disaster parts of the story hard to believe. I watch lots of videos on volcanoes. I really do not believe that just because a shield volcano erupts that the eruption will cause the whole island to sink under the sea. And certainly not the entire chain of islands. The shield volcanoes are some of the safest volcanoes in the world. Does the author know anything about volcanoes?
There is no mention in here of Yellowstone, Campi Flegrei, Long Valley Caldera or any of the other well known super volcanoes like Lake Taupo. And when Italy was mentioned because of a disaster not a peep about the all too famous Campi Flegrei. Which is mighty odd... Instead something else befell Italy. Which is mighty odd as Campi is often in the news and a big concern to the volcanologists.
I also really hated how often entire sentences were in capital letters as if the characters were screaming at each other. I found it very annoying...
****
I do think the author has tried hard to think of many aspects of this scenario. He has tried to cover the politics, how people would behave, the fear and anxiety, how some people think they deserve better because they are rich. He has tried to figure out how these planets swinging through our solar system would affect not only Earth but the other familiar ones as well. The one scene with Jupiter actually made me very sad. And yes there are multiple planets in this book as its not only Nibiru.
The plot was long and tricky enough that even near the end I was uncertain how it would end. Why? Because the whole plan by the people in control was plagued by accidents. Just like during the Lockdown you see how this thing hangs on that thing and the things you need are not available. So what do you do? I think this part is very realistic. So there are things constantly happening. And some of it was surreal as in parties when entire countries are just gone. Makes me ask how they can party or download a song (how can they download anything) when the world is dying? I cannot understand that at all. Many characters seemed too - heartless - for me. I guess they have no empathy.
Much of the writing was very descriptive. I almost could see some of the scenes.
It took me less than 36 hours to read this whole book so I have flown through it.
I have seen videos about Nibiru on YouTube. It makes one wonder. But I think the disasters are more frequent than what the author says. He doesn't mention the Younger Dryas at all...
I do feel that this story will make me think. I will probably think about the stuff in here for a long time. I mean how DO you handle a situation like that? Is the answer he came up with in here the correct one? Many native beliefs say the people came up to the surface from underground. So the last time Nibiru swung through did people hide underground?? How can the underground be safe in such turmoil? I guess hopefully we will have to never know.
And no I did not find this scary or upsetting. I think that is because the disaster scenes are on just a too massive scale for me to believe.
The bit way at the very end was truly intriguing. Its a good way to end the book.
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