The Proof by Austin Boyd (Mars Hill Classified Series book 2)
Description:
Is There life on Mars?
That’s what Captain John Wells and his NASA colleagues hope to discover, in this second installment of The Mars Hill trilogy, whenthey undertake an aggressive mission to the Red Planet. However, from the outset, nothing goes as planned.
An uncanny prophesy coupled with an unexpected alien starship escortends in a series of catastrophic events that give John plenty to thinkabout as he makes the interminable journey back to Earth. The mysteriesof Mars, woven into a complex tapestry of international intrigue, willlead him to answers even the most faithful fear. As he starts to putthe pieces of the universal puzzle together, the pieces of his lifefall irrevocably apart, but, as he must constantly remind himself, God does indeed have a plan for him.
My Review:
Another great read in this exciting series!
Again we are treated to a story that includes John Wells and his wife Amy and their struggle to be close even while he is on a journey to Mars that will last over 400 days. We readers are again seeing a ego-driven "pastor" and his desire to proclaim a new race of people under his control and the throngs of people who buy into his scans and the "alien" life-forms he successfully predicts will appear; but we readers know there is more to this story and all is not as it seems with him and his "martians." We get to watch FBI Agent Kerry circle the globe in his quest to find the man responsible for the attacks on the US. We are treated to a firsthand "viewing" of Mars through the eyes of Michelle and Sean as they explore the planet.
I was entranced by this book and read it cover to cover in nearly one sitting. I felt Amy's pain at the separation and loneliness without her husband, John's excitement turning to despondence when things go wrong on his trip home from Mars, and the thrill of the chase as the "bad guy" was sought after. I found myself led to prayer for our country, knowing that this was fiction, and yet fearing the possibility of times like this in our future where corrupt leaders would take advantage. I was reminded that God uses times like that too, as he did with Joseph, and as he does with John and Amy Wells.
I give this book my sunny day rating and didn't even stop to write this blog before I dove into the third book in this series!
(See my review of the first book in this series, The Evidence)
