Desert Swarm: Book 3 of the Tarizon Saga: Volume 3 - Softcover

Manchee, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935722824 ISBN 13: 9781935722823

Publisher: TOP, 2013

Synopsis

Due to a freak auto accident, Jack Carpenter discovers a strange geological formation in the Mojave Desert near Bat Mountain, California. He thinks little about it until he returns out of curiosity and discovers the formation is growing, and doing so at a staggering rate. Fascinated by this he calls in his friend George Parker, a local geology professor, and together they begin to study the Bat Mountain Formation in earnest. George has never seen or heard of a geological formation that is growing nearly six inches a day, so he contacts a friend at the U.S. Park Service to get him to take a look. Eventually the word of the bizarre discovery gets out and people flock to see this miracle in the desert, which is beginning to look like a cathedral. Seeing an opportunity to save his failing Church of the Living Desert, Reverent John Little proclaims that the Bat Mountain Formation is, indeed, a cathedral and it is being built by God to herald the Second Coming of Christ. But before Reverend Little and his flock can get their movement off the ground, the U.S. Army steps in and declares the formation a potential public hazard and possible threat to national security. A series of mysterious deaths and the inability of scientists to explain the phenomenon gives credence to the Army's concern.

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Review:

Science Fiction but it actually has a wonderful story plot...realistic.

A strange formation...Jack simply wants the truth... The Reverend wants to claim of God and save his congregation... money desire from the formation, the scientist want to understand it... Jack still simply wants the truth...The amazing part of this book is it is written in a way that you slip into the well-developed story at a natural pace as if you are there within the pages experiencing it too....There are characters.. you love... understand and some you want to slap.. but they all are believable and you can see the possibility of this happening. Denisa Howe - Goodreads Review

A fascinating read. 

Jack Carpenter is involved in a freak auto accident. As a result, he discovers a strange geological formation in the Mojave Desert near Bat Mountain California. He doesn't think much about it till he returns and discovers the formation is growing and at a staggering rate. Fascinated he calls his friend George Parker who is a local Geology Professor they begin to study the formation in earnest. Professor Parker has never heard of or seen a Geological formation grow almost 6 inches every day. He calls a friend at the U.S park service, soon word gets out and people flock to see the miracle in the desert which is starting to look like a Cathedral. Trying to save his failing church of the Living Desert Reverend John Little proclaims that it is a Cathedral being built by God to herald Christ's second coming. But before he can get his movement off the ground the U.S Army steps and declares it a hazard to the public and a threat to national security. After a series of deaths and the inability of scientist's to explain the phenomenon, it gives the army credence for their concern. Does the Army blow up the Cathedral? Or do they keep it under surveillance?   Amazon review by Lady G

Great Read.

I really enjoyed this book even though it isn't usually one that I would read. Jack is an interesting character who is well developed and easy to relate to along with his girlfriend Dolly and ex-wife, son, etc. Jack has found a strange formation in the Death Valley area and wants to find out more about it. His friends join him and things get way out of hand as people believe that God has something to do with this creation when in fact it can be explained but the government doesn't want to explain it to anyone. What a journey they go through and the ending is not what I expected. I see that it is part of a series though you needn't read the first ones to pick up this one though I may read on to find out what happens next. Amazon Review by Booklover

About the Author:

William Manchee is a consumer lawyer by trade and practices in Dallas with his son Jim. Originally from southern California, he lives now in Plano, Texas with his wife Janet. He is the author of the eleven volume Stan Turner Mystery series inspired by many actual cases from his past. His other works include the Rich Coleman Novels Death Pact, Plastic Gods, and Unconscionable and a five volume science fiction series, the Tarizon Saga. He is also the author of the nonfiction book Go Broke, Die Rich, Turning Around the Troubled Small Business.

About this edition

• Publisher: TOP
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1935722824
• ISBN 13: 9781935722823
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 330