Alien Inc. by Jason Bicko

A Review by Chris Bartholomew

The book opens up with the characters on a plane about to either land or crash, and it's up to two brothers to do one or the other. The characterization of the passengers is well done, before page nine; we get to know them well enough to be interested in what is going to happen. Also by page nine, we see that instead of landing or crashing into the wilderness, they see a chain-linked fence and some buildings and green grass, which because of the way this story is told gets you interested and from there the story flies.

Jason Bicko does a great job of making descriptions of a place exciting and interesting. Out in the middle of nowhere, in Africa , they land the plane and end up at a European Space Agency. You know right off the bat that it is some kind of secret place, as when the plane was whizzing by, they see a 'warning' sign.

They walk up to the complex and find no one there, and the place locked up. They find a map of the structures and then they look into a reception area and notice a camera. I thought this part of the story was ingenious. The two pilots and the passengers notice themselves on a camera inside this locked office... and they notice that there are people sneaking up on them from the camera view from trees out in the garden.

As the 'creatures' approach, the actions here begins as each passenger has to decide where to run, where to hide. Between people trying to escape the things that are now after them we get some comic relief in a bit of the comical dialogue between the action, which is needed because it helps you remember to breathe.

This book was a great read and I recommend it to those who love good characterization, great plot and a very well told tale. The cover is another well done one from Jerrod Brown. Congratulations to Jason Bicko for writing a fantastic book, Sonar4 for publishing it, and Jerrod Brown for a winning cover.

The Ebook is available at Sonar4Publications.