Descent

403 pages

English language

Published Jan. 3, 2014

ISBN:
978-1-84149-941-3
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OCLC Number:
873062728

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4 stars (1 review)

How far would you go for the truth? Ball lightning. Weather balloons. Secret military aircraft. Ryan knows all the justifications for UFO sightings. But when something falls out of the sky on the hills near his small Scottish town, he finds his cynicism can't identify or explain the phenomenon. And in a future where nothing is a secret, where everything is recorded on CCTV or reported online, why can he find no evidence of the UFO, nor anything to shed light on what occurred? Is it the political revolutionaries, is it the government or is it aliens themselves who are creating the cover-up? Or does the very idea of a cover-up hide the biggest secret of all?

2 editions

Review of 'Descent' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Well, this was an unexpected treat. I have felt Ken MacLeod's later period stuff has lacked something and the last one was just downright depressing. This was much better. Tight and gripping. I enjoyed the postivity of his central premise. A fresh take on the postwar consensus and a possible 'happy' ending for the state of the world as we currently see it. I actually felt the whole UFO bit was superfluous but that's just personal taste. Given I stayed up until I had finished it I think I can safely say it is a page turner.

Subjects

  • Unidentified flying objects
  • Conspiracies
  • Fiction