Enjoyable zombie/extraterrestrial invasion tale with an African American protagonist. Some interesting twists on the theme. ( )

The book is a brilliant riff on one of the staple plot conceptions of science fiction -- colonization of human beings by an alien "hive" mentality. Mosley's brilliant twist on this familiar idea is to situate this novel firmly in the paranoia and xenophobia of post-9/11 America. Unlike the countless variants on the alien "body snatcher" theme, the hive mind that emerges in this novel is truly human and heroic, especially in contrast to the government intelligence agents who are willing to trample liberty and human rights to "defend" individuality from the alien collective Other. This is a fine n example of a genre that should be called post-9/11 literature. ( )

The story begins when Errol, who is having problems with his career as well as his relationships, is contacted by his father who passed away several years earlier. At first, Errol refuses to believe this person is really his father, but later begins to believe he is. something out there greater than mankind. Taken against his will, Errol is shown a secret world of alien beings taking over the bodies of deceased people. Naturally, the US Government wants to exterminate the entire alien population, but Errol isn’t so certain the newly discovered life is the enemy. ( )

A "science fiction" book, about an organism that lives beneath us & is all one, coming up & taking over dead bodies, I don't know why, & waiting to unite with a celestial body to go boogying across the universe. Meanwhile, Man discovers it & tries to destroy it, but Our Hero saves the day. And has sex.

Not terribly original twist on the collective intelligence alien; in this case not really an alien. Except that Cherryh's book is set on an alien planet, the collective intelligence is fairly similar to Serpent's Reach. The resurrection theme borders on the zombie. ( )