Invasion by Jon S. Lewis

I am sure the target audience of this book is Middle School/High School young people ( a group considerably younger than me) but my grandmother used to say “Once a man, twice a child so I felt right at home. I always enjoy alien fantasy books.

In this particular book, which promises to be the first in a series, a young man, Colt McAlister takes an aptitude test for a secret organization called CHAOS (Central Headquarters Against the Occult and Supernatural). His memory of the test is wiped away after his introduction to the program but he is not forgotten by those who are in leadership in this secret organization. And Colt will find himself very quickly in a life and death battle with aliens trying to take over the planet.

After his parents are killed in a cart crash Colt moves in with his grandfather who it turns out was once engaged in battle with aliens allied to the Nazi army. I say once engaged in battle but it turns out Grandpa McAllister is not finished doing battle.

I found the book a good read. However, I found that, even though I can accept the possibility of aliens coming to earth through gateways, I had a problem accepting that three High School kids were as adept as they are at computer hacking and doing battle with aliens without protection or special training. But remember I grew up in the blackboard age not the digital age.

I received a copy of the ebook through the BookSneeze program of Thomas Nelson Publishing with the understanding I would write a review.