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From Publishers Weekly

The inhabitants of Collier, Ga., are watching a fireworks display when something falls from the sky that changes their lives forever. Cut off from communication with the world and mourning the loss of dozens of people, the townsfolk summon the courage to face top-secret government forces, alien visitors and the constant threat of imprisonment and death in James A. Moore's (Under the Overtree) Fireworks.

From Library Journal

On the Fourth of July, the town of Collier, GA, changes forever as an unidentified object from space crashes into a nearby lake. This cataclysmic event, however, only heralds the beginning of bigger disasters, as the town's residents are taken hostage by their own government in the interest of national security. This latest novel by the author of Under the Overtree depicts the eerie aftermath of an alien visitation and government occupation in chillingly graphic detail. Not for the squeamish, this belongs in most horror or sf collections.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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4.0 out of 5 stars It came out of the sky, Jun 24 2004

By	Ryan Costantino (Nowhere, Special) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Fireworks (Mass Market Paperback)

What would happen if a Fourth of July celebration was interrupted by the crash landing of a ufo? That's the gist here, but Moore infuses his story with characters that are just too darn good for a Leisure paperback. It's true that there ain't much when it comes to extra terrestrial interaction (to put it mildly) but that's not the point. The fear gradually shifts from the dry docked flying saucer to the government agents given the task of keeping the entire town of Collier, GA quiet. (The media is given a story about a terrorist) Like the best episodes of the X-Files the audience plays ping-pong between the threat of invasion and the threat of shadowy government figures calling the shots. Only here the scenario is expanded to include the terror of martial law. That's pretty scary. It's a literary smack in the head, where logically the issues and priorities are eschewed in order to maintain a semblance of order and the more you read the more plausible a situation like this seems.

This is the second book by this author that I've read and I can honestly say this fellow right here has what it takes to be another King, Koontz, or McGammon-his writing is amazingly similar to those lofty three and just as enduring. The only way we can ever see that happen is a hardcover deal and good press and James Moore is deserving of both. Even Hollywood could potentially make good on this story (but it'd probably get screwed up). Bloody, insightful, with well written characters, and compelling enough to keep those pages a turnin'. Fireworks goes high on the recommendation list. Also check out Under the Overtree.

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2.0 out of 5 stars FIREBURPS, Nov 25 2003

By	Michael Butts "as i see it" (Martinsburg, WV United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Fireworks (Mass Market Paperback)

I'm sure you remember as a kid going to fireworks displays and just how many times the supposedly "awesome" ones kind of died in midair. This is what I feel about FIREWORKS, a rambling, incohesive, dull character study. While the idea of letting us get to know characters well is commendable, why write a book about an alien spaceship that crashes into a lake and not explore it any further? Little comes of the spaceship, except the usual government coverup. Most of the characters are stereotyped to the max, and those few you care about bite the dust. And then, the spaceship just goes away, no explanations, and we're given this coy cutesy ending. What a waste of trees.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Rednecks vs the guvmint, Nov 18 2003

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This review is from: Fireworks (Mass Market Paperback)

If you're a sci-fi fan looking for interesting ideas, skip this book. If you're looking for paranoid fantasies of a UFO crash, a not very plausible secret government cover-up, and the uprising of some hillbillies, this is for you.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Moore writes a great pain book....and that's horrible.
Suspend your disbelief as an alien spacecraft, while being tracked by a supersecret US anti-extraterrestial force, purposely plunges into a lake in a small Georgia town during the... Read more

Published on Sep 23 2003 by N. McWilliams

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Read!
I had never read anything by James Moore before - and wasn't quite sure what I was in for when I started this book, but it was quite the page turner - I think I finished it in... Read more

Published on Sep 17 2003 by wiley18

5.0 out of 5 stars A Cracking Good Tale
I already owned James Moore's "Under the Overtree" when I picked up his latest title, the aptly named "Fireworks. Read more

Published on Aug 29 2003 by Jeffrey Leach

5.0 out of 5 stars Humans, not Aliens, Highlight this Tale
On July 4th a large unidentified crafts crashes into the lake of a small Georgia town during the holiday firewors and kills a large number of citizens. Read more

Published on Aug 3 2003 by Bob A. Reiss