Stan's Place (The Writings of Stan Grimes)

 Stan's Latest Book: "The Sound" can be found at http://wildchildpublishing.com

Review of "The Sound" 

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Author: Stan Grimes
Publisher: Wild Child Publishing

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Alien ‘orange-hatters’ have come to town, and their intentions don’t look promising. What are they up to? Why is their location shrouded in secrecy and heavily guarded? How come the town mayor doesn’t seem phased by their presence? In fact, half the town is unperturbed by the orange-hatters. And what has Endwell Inc. got to do with it?

Larson Bash intends to find out just what’s going on. Unfortunately, the orange-hatters don’t take kindly to his snooping. Larson creates a newspaper with the sole purpose of showcasing the orange-hatters and their activities. Someone—the aliens’ leader? The mayor?—decides that Larson needs to be quiet…for good.

Orange-hatters visit Larson’s home and destroy it—and his wife. Despite his massive loss, Larson has no choice but to flee for his life and takes residence at his newspaper office. Sinister occurrences plague his days, and his assistant, Josie, and Larson’s dog, Jonas, stick it out together.

An unknown man attempts to kill them, and Larson’s insurance man proves to be anything but an insurance agent. As the heat gets hotter, Larson, Josie, and Jonas are forced to escape—to a place riddled with more orange-hatters.

Imagine living somewhere where anyone wearing a hat is a suspect. Who do you trust? Orange-hatters don’t have any tops to their heads, and Larson can’t just walk up to random people and demand that they remove their hat. With terror as their best friend, the trio, along with Josie’s sister, Tempest, and a fellow they meet along the way, must overcome all odds to survive.

Will they find out exactly what is going on? Why do spacecrafts suck up animals? What do the aliens want? And just what is Wasp Whiteman up to?

A highly enjoyable read with an excellent main and thrilling sub-plots. The Sound kept me spellbound, and I read it in two sittings. I closed the book at bedtime, and the first thing I did in the morning was open it to finish.

A great read.