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The official prequel to the blockbuster videogame Resistance 3
America. July 1953.
In this official prequel to Resistance 3, prospects are not looking up for planet Earth or Lieutenant Joseph Capelli. With the Chimera invasion in full swing, America has crumbled under the fierce alien juggernaut, its defenses overrun, millions dead, the rest left to fend for themselves. Many try to avoid the alien virus that turns humans into Chimeran killing machines.
Capelli may be a pariah to the army for killing hero Nathan Hale, but he is still a patriot fighting to save the country and its citizens. However, some soldiers are ready to shoot him on sight—not to mention that Hale’s beautiful sister has every reason in the world to want him stone dead. But Capelli’s used to being in dangerous situations and taking crazy risks. And the next move he intends to make is pure suicide.
America. July 1953.
In this official prequel to Resistance 3, prospects are not looking up for planet Earth or Lieutenant Joseph Capelli. With the Chimera invasion in full swing, America has crumbled under the fierce alien juggernaut, its defenses overrun, millions dead, the rest left to fend for themselves. Many try to avoid the alien virus that turns humans into Chimeran killing machines.
Capelli may be a pariah to the army for killing hero Nathan Hale, but he is still a patriot fighting to save the country and its citizens. However, some soldiers are ready to shoot him on sight—not to mention that Hale’s beautiful sister has every reason in the world to want him stone dead. But Capelli’s used to being in dangerous situations and taking crazy risks. And the next move he intends to make is pure suicide.
About the Author
William C. Dietz is the bestselling author of Resistance: The Gathering Storm, HALO: The Flood, and Hitman: Enemy Within, plus thirty other science fiction novels, some of which have been translated into German, Russian, and Japanese. He grew up in the Seattle area, served as a medic with the navy and the Marine Corps, and graduated from the University of Washington. Dietz worked as a surgical technician, news writer, college instructor, television producer, and director of public relations for an international telephone company prior to embarking on a full-time writing career.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
terrific alternate historical thriller, Aug 16 2011
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Resistance: A Hole in the Sky (Mass Market Paperback)
In 1948, the alien Chimera landed in Russia. A year later Europe is overrun. By 1952, 160 million Americans are dead with survivors living underground. In July 1953, the President of the United States, former Undersecretary of Agriculture, Tom Voss and a small unit are in New York. They need to take out a tower that cools down the atmosphere enabling the ruthless adversaries to acclimate and escort Russian expatriate Dr. Maliken to a safe house as he has created a vaccine against the Chimera toxin that either kills humans or turns them into monsters.In Deep Home, Colorado, Alvin Locke hires former Army Lieutenant turned runner Joseph Capelli to escort him to his sister's home in Haven, Oklahoma. Considered a traitor for assassinating hero Nathan Hale, Capelli believes he did the right thing as his mentor was turning. However, Hale is inside his mind making Capelli believe he is a head case. Capelli, his dog Rowdy and Locke begin a suicidal journey in which the chimera, their human monsters and humans are lethal.
In the Lucky Buckle Mine, Colorado, inmate 26301 has a plan to rescue other convicts trapped inside a cave in. Her overseer Boss Cooper takes her to the top gun vicious Brewster who tells Inmate Susan Farley to see him after she finishes her rescue mission. Farley plans to kill him and escape.
The novelization prequel to the Resistancetm 3 videogame is a terrific alternate historical thriller that obviously ties to the game, but reads like an independent novel with three major subplots. Besides the clever post-apocalyptic landscape filled with destruction, there is romance that brings hope. Loaded with action, game fans and other readers will relish the Resistance.
Harriet Klausner
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Better than the last book, but not without flaws, Sep 5 2011
By Filbert - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Resistance: A Hole in the Sky (Mass Market Paperback)
Read the book on ebook, and it was an improvement over "The Gathering Storm", but it is not without flaws. There are some problems I had with:1. Dialogue starts to get cheesy, especially between Joe Capelli and Susan. Most especially in having Chameleons attacking their wedding!
2. The product detail on the book doesn't really match up to what happened in the story, telling that Capelli is going to be hunted down for killing Nathan Hale, the hero in the original two games, but never happened aside from some characters who are mad at Capelli for what he did and didnt actually do anything to hunt him down.
3. The use of having real weapons and products in the story set in an alternate history made me believe that the author is making a product placement (aside the book itself being a tied-in to Resistance 3).
4. The story doesn't really tell what exactly had happened at the end of Resistance 2 ex. The planets/moons that was apparently brought to Earth or teleported to another part of space by the Chimera.
Overall, I give 3 stars for being better than the last book but still retain the cheesiness that Dietz failed to get rid of, and wish he never write books-base on video games.
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