REVIEW: DOMINATION by Jon S. Lewis

Domination (C.H.A.O.S. #3)

by Jon S. Lewis

Release Date: 04/16/13

288 pages

THEIR GOAL IS SIMPLE: TOTAL DOMINATION.

With six arms and jaws that can snap a man in two, the warmongering race of aliens known as the Thule has conquered every planet they’ve attacked.

And now their invasion of Earth has begun.

Humanity’s only hope springs from a mysterious Thule legend about a Betrayer, who they believe will rise up and destroy their people. The American government tried to manufacture their own Betrayer by injecting children with Thule blood but time after time the experiment failed . . . until Colt McAlister.

A decade later, Colt is a 16-year-old cadet at the CHAOS Military Academy where he’s training to defend mankind. But he’s afraid that the alien blood may be turning him into a Thule—and he’s beginning to suspect that fulfilling his role as the Betrayer may cost him everything.

Experience a cosmic battle filled with high-tech gear, gateways to other planets, and ultimate stakes. Not everyone will survive. But heroes will rise up and step into their destiny in this earth-shaking conclusion to the C.H.A.O.S trilogy.

Alienation (C.H.A.O.S. #2)

by Jon S. Lewis

Earth's last line of defense against the coming alien invasion is 16-year-old surfer Colt McAlister.

But before he can save the world, he has to survive the day.

All Colt wants to do is return to his old life . . . where aliens don't exist . . . where mankind hasn't been targeted for destruction . . . and where his parents are still alive. Unfortunately life doesn't work that way.

The United States government believes Colt holds the key to our survival, so they're sending him to the CHAOS Military Academy along with his best friends Oz and Danielle. There they'll be trained to defend Earth against a swarm of alien shape shifters known as the Thule. But someone is trying to eliminate Colt before he can lead that charge. Shocked to learn about key events in his past and unsure who he can trust, he is alienated and on the run.

In a world of high-tech gear, shape-shifting aliens, simulated reality, and hover boards, Colt must step into his true destiny before our world falls into chaos.

Invasion (C.H.A.O.S. #1)

by Jon S. Lewis

He didn't ask for the job, but now all that stands between us and chaos... is Colt

Colt McAlister was having the summer of his life. He spent his days surfing and his nights playing guitar on the beach with friends. He even met a girl and got his first car. But everything changes when his parents are killed in a freak accident.

He's forced to leave his old life behind and move to Arizona with his grandfather. The only person he knows at the new high school is a childhood friend named Dani. And Oz, a guy he's sure he's never met but who is strangely familiar.

But what if his parents' death wasn't an accident? His mother, an investigative reporter, was going to expose a secret mind-control program run by one of the world's largest companies. Before she could release the story, what if agents from Trident Biotech made sure she couldn't go public?

Vowing to uncover the truth, Colt gets drawn into a secret world of aliens, shapeshifters, flying motorcycles, and invisible gateways.

The Invasion has begun.

REVIEW: DOMINATION

This was a very cool SF adventure/dystopian series that follows Colt McAlister (and his friends) from high school to hero as he deals with the truth about aliens among us.  Colt is a strong character and throughout the series he shows just what he's made of.

In the final installment fo the C.H.A.O.S. series, Colt is the worlds last hope to stop the inevitable takeover of Earth by the evil Thule aliens.  In addition, he's being presented with some unique challenges, challenges that make him question just who is is and what he might become.  

Colt has been changed by his own government. They are looking to fulfill a prophecy that will help bring down the Thule.  Along the way Colt not only has to deal with changes in himself, but also changes in his friends.

He struggles with these changes, he worries that he's scaring his friends, he's worried that he might hurt someone with his new strength, and he even offers himself up to captivity to prevent it.  All these things show Colt's willingness to put the good of others before himself.

This series also presents Colt as a high moral character, even though he makes mistakes, he always strives to be good.  In addition, he relies on his faith in God, using a favorite psalm to help him through the rough times.

This is a good series. It's exciting, it's clean, it has a lot of adventure, and it's fun. The aliens remind me a little too much of Ender's Game, and the biggest problem I always had with Ender's Game were the aliens.  So their physical descriptions were just so-so for me. 

This is a good book for early to mid teens and teaches good lessons as it presents a compelling conclusion to the series.

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