*** I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review...

It is really hard to put this novel into words. And it is rare to find a novel that breaks the mold so much that it becomes hard to quantify its contents other than to say, you just have to read it.

The words written in this novel meld into a fluid narrative that make it hard to pin down the specifics of what actually happened. The setting is self-contained and unmoving. The tension in the atmosphere, the close quarters of the characters, and the life or death terrorist plot all come together to make this read uncomfortably claustrophobic. Who's good? Who's bad? Who will crack and fly off of the handle under the pressure of the high-stakes situation?

Cortez Law is a new brand altogether and is definitely worth taking a look at!

his book is that it could use another run at proofreading. It could use a few more commas in a few more places. But it didn't distract me from the tense military thriller and entertaining characters. The characters talk like people talk, and they make real-life movie references just like anyone out here in the non-fictional world. Alien invaders are part of the story, but the story doesn't live or die because of them. The strongest part of the story is its terrific, patriotic hero trying to fight the good fight. The story takes a good shot at raising political questions about the war on terror and Islam and drone warfare. It doesn't try to answer the questions or solve the issues. It just tells a story of a hero who's fighting for his family and his country, and that's good stuff.