The Grays

by Whitley Strieber

Book Overview

We are not alone. Millions of people are confronting aliens that authorities say do not exist. Whitley Strieber--author of the legendary, #1 bestselling book "Communion," which detailed his own close encounters--now returns to the riddle of aliens with "The Grays." Drawing from a lifetime of research and his own experiences, Strieber offers up a fictional account of the conspiracy behind the alien presence on Earth while also giving us a startling...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765313898
• ISBN13: 9780765313898
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

"The Grays"

I was surprised to see that "The Grays" is a totally fictional novel, not at all about Strieber's own experiences, but about two characters he introduced in an earlier book.We follow the torty of that couple' son and his relationship to the aliens. I was not altogether pleased with this approach.

A great ride

Fact folded into fiction. Aliens, egos, brilliance, blunders, and the mystery is unfolding in a house on your block. You can't put it down but you worry about the parts that may be true. A book to remember.

The Grays

The book was recomended to me by a collegue, and I loved it! I have since purchased the entire series of Striber abduction books. Of the six, The Grays is the least disturbing and still yet quite thought provoking.

Fast and fascinating

Initially expecting a sci-fi cliche with heavy doses of paranoia, this book blew my mind with it's absolutely fascinating ideas. The chapters come fast and furious, and yet each one has a small gem of insight, one that would cause me to shut the book and think about what just happened. Why do the characters react the way they do? Sometimes afraid, sometimes brilliant, sometimes mindless animals, I realized these are fully-fleshed, real characters that behave the way real people do. Mr. Strieber's insight into human behavior is masterful and lends a heavy realism to the book. The scenes involving non-humans are both terrifying and mind-blowing. The pages flew by as I was riveted by these scenes, captivated by one surprise after another. I've never read anything like this before, particularly the pages that delve into mind of the non-humans. The book reads like a spy thriller, though one with a beating, human heart at its core. The book is short, and the large cast of characters barely have enough time to process what's happening, swept away by events and revelations the same way the reader is torn from the mundane by this high-energy dynamo of a novel. Believer in UFO lore or not, you'll love this book if you love fiction. It's worth the few sleepless nights you'll devote to it.

The Ride of Your Life!

Hold onto your seats, hats, whatever, because you will be up all night with this incredible book. Whitley Strieber, famed author of "The Wolfen," "The Hunger," "Communion," and co-author of the pivotal "The Coming Global Superstorm" will blow your mind with "The Grays." If you thought Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" was the ultimate tale of alien encounters and abductions, THINK AGAIN. This story starts of with a bang and never lets up. The story of Dan and Katelyn, two children whose lives are forever entwined because of a joint childhood abduction and the birth of a very special son, become the focus of some very interested people, who have good and bad intentions for the boy named Connor. The pace never lets up for a second as we are introduced to the various extraterrestrials. Any previous ideas you had about who the grays are will be blown out of the water after you finish this book. These incredible beings are not just hear to probe us and take our genetic material. Far from it. You will, dare I say it, fall deeply in love with The Three Thieves. So, put the coffee pot on, turn on your nighty-night light, draw the curtains, and prepare yourself for one hell of a ride. You WILL not be able to put this book down. Many people I know are already on their second and third readings! Let me say one more thing. This book is listed as fiction. You will heartily disagree with that monikor when you close it.

Scary and Satisfying

The Grays is a thriller about a young military woman who is assigned to a peculiar and dangerous job, and a boy living in a small college town who is unfortunate enough to receive attention from both strange, sky-dwelling beings and from a military cabal. The loyalties of the young military woman are severely tested as matters of national security collide with matters of human survival. With unique depictions of threats generated by an alien presence - threats fueled as much by human paranoia as by alien intention - this thriller's spy games are scary and satisfying on many levels. Said to be informed by the real life alien encounters of the author (written of in his 1987 NY Times best-selling book Communion), The Grays is also inspired by the author's passion for environmental responsibility. In an earlier novel he'd written about a terrible leader who tried to avert environmental apocalypse by euthenizing a third of the planet's population. A similar scenario is revisited in The Grays, as politicians conceive of ways to escape from a fate they fear - incorrectly - could end the human race entirely. This is not a horror novel, though frights come steadily. The underlying horror in the novel is in how Strieber's characters find themselves trapped between the fear of the unknown and the fear of the known - and must make life or death choices in this "gray area". Recommended.