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by Marilyn Peake (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Gold Award, Fantasy / Science Fiction category, eLit Book Awards.

Fear can blind you to the truth.

The news is ominous and terrifying. People are seeing UFOs and strange, alien-looking creatures with humanoid shapes, green skin and large black eyes. In places where this occurs, doctors report the spread of a mysterious virus that scrambles people’s thoughts and causes hallucinations. Many experts believe the virus came from the aliens. The pathogen has not yet been identified; there is no cure.

Psychology professor Dr. Cora Frost has a different theory: the bizarre symptoms are nothing more than mass hysteria, not unlike the hysteria that caused people in our not too distant past to see witches flying through the sky, which justified hanging them or burning them at the stake. Intense stress within societies gives rise to scapegoats. Doing field research within the compound of a cult in Roswell, New Mexico that reveres the exact same kinds of aliens being reported on the news, her entire worldview is shaken and upended. In a shocking series of events, her past and future collide, forever changing her life.

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USA TODAY and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Marilyn Peake writes Science Fiction and Fantasy. She's one of the contributing authors in Book: The Sequel, published by The Perseus Books Group, with one of her entries included in serialization at The Daily Beast. In addition, Marilyn has served as Editor for a number of anthologies. Her short stories have been published in numerous anthologies and on the literary blog, Glass Cases.
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AWARDS: Silver Award, two Honorable Mentions and eight Finalist placements in the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards, two Winner and two Finalist placements in the EPPIE Awards, Winner of the Dream Realm Awards, Finalist placement in the 2015 National Indie Excellence Book Awards, Winner of "Best Horror" in the eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBook Awards, two Semi-Finalist placements in the Young Adult category of the Kindle Book Awards, and Gold Award in the Fantasy / Science Fiction category of the eLit Book Awards.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07918J7RZ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (January 14, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 14, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2680 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 135 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1983916684
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 363 ratings

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USA TODAY and WALL STREET JOURNAL Bestselling Author Marilyn Peake writes Science Fiction and Fantasy. She’s one of the contributing authors in Book: The Sequel, published by The Perseus Books Group, with one of her entries included in serialization at The Daily Beast. In addition, Marilyn has served as Editor for a number of anthologies. Her short stories have been published in numerous anthologies and on the literary blog, Glass Cases.

AWARDS: Silver Award, two Honorable Mentions and eight Finalist placements in the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards, two Winner and two Finalist placements in the EPPIE Awards, Winner of the Dream Realm Awards, Finalist placement in the 2015 National Indie Excellence Book Awards, Winner of "Best Horror" in the eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBook Awards, two Semi-Finalist placements in the Young Adult category of the Kindle Book Awards, and Gold Award in the Fantasy / Science Fiction category of the eLit Book Awards.

Marilyn Peake's website: http://www.marilynpeake.com

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Julie Blaskie
5.0 out of 5 stars expect the unexpected!
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2022
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This story is very creative as I never saw what was coming! I have learned that when reading a story by Marilyn Peake... expect the unexpected!

I loved this story! I can't tell you about the story as it will ruin the twists and turns - and that is a major part of the enjoyment! There's so much I'd love to tell you, but... read it!

The author meets my criteria for stories I love to read: great world building, real characters, unique plot, unpredictable turns, and wonderful story telling. Read this - you won't regret it!
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Shirley B
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Read
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2024
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I found this story interesting and weird. The characters weren't of note, but the plot is. I recommend this book because it is so unique.
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Dolores Ayotte
3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable Sci-Fi novel...
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2018
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The Other by Author Marilyn Peake

I liked Author Marilyn Peake's style of writing. The Other is very well presented and is divided into fours parts. The first three parts revolve around three very different women. Each woman speaks in the first person as they tell their personal stories.

In Part 1, we learn about Cora Frost, Ph. D. a Psychology professor who is headed to Roswell, New Mexico on an assignment along with her co-worker Nathan Moore, an Anthropology professor. It is not easy to get into the compound but their boss has managed to get them in the door. When they arrive, the police are scattered about and they are not allowed entry, at least not the normal way. When they eventually make their way inside they discover something totally unexpected...

In Part 2, we meet Jade Whitaker. She is a recent graduate and a new Social Worker. She lives at home with her dad. Her mother recently passed away due to a bout with ovarian cancer. Also written in the first person, Jade explains her life, her history, her concerns about her health, and her daily struggles. She is an adopted child and she decides to try to locate her birth mother as she is experiencing great pain and wants to know her genetic background...

In Part 3, we meet Paloma, who physically appears to be an extraterrestrial being. However, she is actually a human being who lives in the future and Time Travels to the past. Her story is also very interesting. She faces many challenges along with her travelling partner, Waylon Quill...

In Part 4, Author Marilyn Peake neatly ties up the connections and all the loose ends between Cora Frost, Jade Whitaker, and Paloma. It is well worth the read to find out how their lives are intertwined.

Inspirational Author ~ Dolores Ayotte
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T.Vogt 'Kindle Addict'
5.0 out of 5 stars Could This Be Alternate Branch Of Earth's Future ?
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2018
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There is Fate, and any number of choices we make daily could change our individual path thru the world. Or maybe if it's a big enough step off the path our lives seem to head toward maybe change mankind's destiny.
What would do if faced with what is clearly an alien creature, could it possibly be you in an alternative timeline ?
Would you be open minded to hear the message they have ? Or would you shake your head thinking I have completely lost my last two working brain cells...
This story while complete also leaves you thinking I WANT A SEQUAL !!!
Characters are formed in a logical manner, the story flows till the ending, that while finishing the tale told makes you wanna shake it for more.. Greedy aren't we..The story flows from the ability of humans to show kindness and understanding to the darkest cruelties human's can do to another..
Abandoned babes, to those stolen and a lie the babe was stillborn 80% of this book is historically happened in our past, 20% is what we may or not be able to do.
If you like science fiction with a surprise twist this is a really great read. This is NOT your episode of Star Trek.... More like a step into the Twilight..ENJOY, I DID.
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Betty55
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but left 😕 confused
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2019
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All I can say is 'stay with it.' Once I finished it and gave it some thought it made sense in the end. Time Travels seem to be the theme. Now I want to know, who got the little green lady pregnant? Because now her Alien daughter has found out about mommy. Interesting, quick read.
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Valerian8
3.0 out of 5 stars I think Ms. Peake has a hoarding issue?
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2018
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I try to be very optimistic going into every read because I've found some seriously unexpected good stories. This story did not impress. I found some of the plot laugh out loud absurd and after reading a couple of this authors' books, either she is a hoarder or is really obsessed with the life of hoarders (if you don't believe me, check out her story set in the "Wool" world of Hugh Howey - Silo Saga: Hoarder in the Down Deep). Yep, I pitched a book for her while writing a review of a so-so story & I think that's only fair.

I think there are some redeeming factors to this story in its originality, the way readers are introduced to different characters. This did not feel like a completed project, to me, and the cover is a tad deceptive as to the story contents (never judge a story by its cover). If you like a twist to a sort-of sci-fi story, then this may be enjoyable to you. It's definitely not a toss-in-a-circular-bin story, so give it a try. It's a bit slow but I thought it was a middle of the road read versus total knockout. I'm hoping Ms. Peake continues to explore new stories because I actually enjoyed a couple of her other stories, although she can get a bit "dark" at times with her themes.
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Donna M West
4.0 out of 5 stars Great twist on the UFO theme
Reviewed in Canada on August 6, 2022
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I thought some parts of this book were great, drawing the reader in to see and experience everything. Other parts, I felt, could have been expanded or written in more detail. Still, a unique twist on the UFO theme and all-in-all a worthwhile although short read.
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Craftycat
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting take on little green men
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2019
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This was a lovely read, we are introduced to three women via three different sections. They lives intersect at Roswell, where a sect believes aliens will come & save them.
I'm not going to say much more as I'll ruin the story for you. Get this, read it & enjoy
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StarbooksIH
2.0 out of 5 stars So many mistakes made here
Reviewed in Germany on November 10, 2018
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So, what's to say about this book... First of, the introduction of the different protagonists is well done and on first sight the characters seem quite well discribed. However, too many things are left untold and left to the readers imagination. So, to me it left the impression that either there are large lumps of the story are missing or the author had a second book in mind or had limited amount of pages or ran out of inspiration and just wanted to wrap up the book fast. (Spoilers!) Just some example: Our first protagonist who is convinced that UFO s are a product of mass hysteria goes to the encampment of a cult, meets with the obviously quite sane leader and minutes later is entrusted with getting two aliens to safety. This protagonist, in who's mind we were up to then since it was told in first person narative, expresses no real surprise, does not utter any of all the questions or realisations you would and simply goes off with the aliens in tow, where to we are not told. I mean, the government is after them, we have no idea where that perfect hidy hole is, but our second protagonist just arrives at Roswell later and finds them without not search or problems whatsoever. This protagonist meets her birth mother for the first time in her life and again (remember the kept first person narative here also) no questions are uttered, neither to her mother nor the “alien“. How believeable is that? The “alien“ protagonist in his narative about the way time travellers are trained soon utters serious daubts that some assumptions and rules just have to be wrong but does nothing about it and people are dying right and left during his journeys. One would think that all those books and films about time travelling we have today are part of their history, thus making it an impossibility to come up with these cast in stone laws. As a long time fan of time travel storys I just can be disgusted. Furthermore, if humanity in the future is that inhumane - just take watching his father dye several times- I have serious daubts is should be saved at all.
So, I give two stars for good writing style and at least two protagonists I liked. Although that hoarding issue was overly too much emphasises, I mean what does it matter for the story?
So, time reading this was not wasted but the book has too many faults.
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Kindle Customer Tricia
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice book
Reviewed in Australia on February 16, 2019
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This is a nice book to read and I did enjoy the characters in the story. Quite a different way of looking at the idea of little green aliens
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crazienut
3.0 out of 5 stars Good until the end
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2018
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This book was really good...until the very end. The last couple of chapters made me feel like the author lost interest in the story and rushed to finish it. Disappointing as I was looking forward to a climactic ending which never came.
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