Omega Sol

by Scott Mackay

Dr. Cameron Conrad has learned that the alien phenomenon known as the Moon Towers was designed to accelerate the sun's lifespan and turn it into a red giant. With Earth on the brink of destruction, Conrad needs to find a way to convince the aliens that humanity is worth saving...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451462033
• ISBN13: 9780451462039
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Roc
• Length: 357 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.1" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

enjoyable read with a sense of wonder

I really enjoyed this book. It takes a premise not unlike the classic Dr. Seuss story "Horton Hears a Who" (not the style of course, just the concept of the microworld not being recognized by the macroworld) and applies it to humanity. The aliens in this book are so unlike us that we barely register as a life form to them--refreshingly different from the run of the mill sci-fi. The cover artist made the moon towers to be similar to the ones in 2001: A Space Odyssey,perhaps to evoke the tone of that book. To me, this book gives the same tone, but in a very different way. Some of the characterization was a bit cardboard, but that really didn't bother me. Conceptually, the book was fascinating, and for me it was a real page turner.