Search - Saucer (Saucer, Bk 1)

This was the first Coonts book I read, and I wasn't terribly impressed. It took me a while to realize that the story's supposed to be a farsical comedy rather than a serious thriller. I'd started reading the book thinking (and hoping) it was a military technothriller of some kind, so I was disappointed at first. But after about the 10th time of thinking "they wouldn't really do that" or "nobody really talks like that" I got more into the groove of the book.

I think the story would make a fun PG movie, along the lines of "The Last Starfighter". But it's not an engaging novel for adults. Hokey dialogue, unbelievable plot, and 2-dimensional characters abound. (in the case of the supporting characters, 1-dimensional!) It would have been great hugely edited down into a novella or a long short story.

Not one of Coonts best, but interesting.

After 140,000 a saucer is found in the Sahara...but who does it belong to and how did it get here? this is an book that will keep you reading all night!!

This book is a outstanding read. It's a simple read that doesn't require a long term memory to retain all the characters and in which time line they are in. It's entertaining and will keep your attention. I would recommend this book to friends and family.

Surprisingly funny adventure tale about a hundred-thousand-year-old flying saucer unearthed from the Sahara desert by a smart-alecky engineering student, and flown off by him and a former Air Force pilot, one jump ahead of various goons and governments.

GOOD BOOK.