In which trek reviews Invasion

I had the opportunity to review Invasion via NetGalley. This book is available in Kindleand hardcovereditions as well as in CDand Audible audiobook formats.

Colt McAlister's parents die in a head-on collision with a drunk driver - the problem is, the driver had just come from his doctor's office and the doctor swears that the man was not intoxicated nor even drinking at all. Is the doctor covering up for a favorite patient or did the guy slam a few shots right after leaving his appointment? Or maybe, just maybe, Colt's parents weren't victims of a random accident. Colt's mom, an investigative reporter, was just about to go public with a disturbing article about Trident Biotech. Was the "accident" a clever assassination and his dad's death merely a bit of unfortunate collateral damage?

Uprooted from San Diego, Colt moves to the Phoenix area to live with his paternal grandfather and things rapidly morph from merely odd to outright weird. Colt's new buddy, Oz, tells him that all of the Phantom Flyer comic book stories set during World War II are not just true history but that his Grandpa McAlister is the Phantom Flyer, a war hero who worked for a black ops organization known as CHAOS, a group still in existence today and which is headed by Oz's own father. The purpose of CHAOS? To prevent aliens from taking over the planet.

While I am not a comic book aficionado nor am I in the target demographic, I have to admit that Invasion delivers a swiftly moving story with a lot of action, tons of covert operations, and just a touch of teen romance. I do have to say, though, that there was one bit that did bother me about this story. Colt's childhood friend, Danielle, had a truly remarkable store of illicit technological toys and black hat hacker skills. Her character seemed to exist only to drive the plot. Other than that one complaint, I really enjoyed Invasion and am looking forward to the sequel, Alienation