Bestselling author Stephen Coonts took fans by surprise with the phenomenal and heart-pounding tale of Saucer. Now Rip Cantrell and Charley Pine are back for seconds with Saucer: The Conquest. After discovering the secrets of a 140,000-year-old spacecraft in Saucer, Rip Cantrell and beautiful test pilot Charley Pine think their days of high-flying extraterrestrial adventure are over. But when Pine takes up flying spaceplanes to the moon for the French lunar base project, she discovers that the project director has installed a world-threatening antigravity beam. The French kidnap Rip's Uncle Egg and force him to fly a saucer, hidden in Area 51, to the moon. Rip and Charley have no choice—to rescue Egg and save the world, they must steal the first saucer from its new home, the National Air and Space Museum, and hit the not-so-friendly skies again. Stephen Coonts's first Saucer was a smash-hit nationwide. Now the unlikely duo of Rip Cantrell and Charley Pine are back, so strap in and leave your passports behind as the fight for freedom on the new frontier begins.
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"Well as usual got confused and read book two first. Excelant Juvenile Sci Fii recoment for ages 12 to 72, if you like quick read for intertainment, this book works. If you like the satire from the real world think Guliver's Travel from high school it's there poloticians are the same world over."
— Kenneth (5 out of 5 stars)
“Coonts knows how to write and build suspense.
— The New York Times Book ReviewTough to put down.
— Publisher's WeeklyA comic, feel-good sf adventure.
— Kirkus ReviewsCoonts is a natural storyteller.
— USA Today" You can't put this one down. "
— Csrabb, 6/26/2013" I enjoyed this book but not as much as the first one. Still lots of action and easy to read. "
— Ralph, 2/11/2013" Not an intellectual read - but I enjoyed it! "
— Peter, 1/8/2013" Pretty good, in an old fashion sort of way. Just a feeling I got during the book. Sort of took me back to the wanderings of my mind when I was a boy. "
— Jon, 11/26/2012" I just really love the characters in this book! I've really enjoyed this series and hope this becomes a trilogy! "
— Tabitha, 5/4/2012" It's an interesting concept that is realistically written. There is your unlikely couple and even more unlikely enemy that actually made me laugh. Realy good, can't wait for the end and now want to read more of his fantastic work. "
— Dawn, 1/17/2012" An OK read for a 5th grader. "
— Joe, 12/27/2011" Interesting story, but written in a hurry. "
— Albert, 8/2/2011" One of the lamest books I've ever read. "
— Mark, 8/21/2010" Just as fun as the original. Perfect summer reading. "
— Tom, 1/6/2010" Not bad, light hearted and easy to read. "
— Dave, 11/10/2009" "Sequel to Saucer book. Using technology from a second saucer, a French billionaire sets up a beam weapon on the Moon and declares himself Emporer while blasting countries who resist. Charley Pine, Rip Cantrell and Uncle Egg fly the original saucer to the rescue. Silly but fun." "
— Jim, 10/29/2009" Nothing special, but a good read for devotees of the genre. "
— Kendall, 6/27/2009" Good funny read for scifi. Enjoyed it as a light romp to the moon. As good as the first one "
— John, 5/18/2009" I wish I had read the first in the series before I read this one. "
— Di, 7/18/2007Stephen Coonts is the author of over a dozen New York Times bestselling novels, the first of which was the classic flying tale Flight of the Intruder. His books have since been translated and published around the world. A former naval aviator, Coonts flew combat missions during the Vietnam War and later served as a flight instructor. He received his law degree in 1979 and moved to West Virginia to practice, returning to Colorado in 1981 as a staff attorney specializing in oil and gas law for a large independent oil company. He now lives in Nevada and writes full time.
Eric Conger is a stage actor, voice artist, and award-winning audiobook narrator. He has narrated more than 125 fiction and nonfiction audiobooks and was a four-time finalist for the Audie Award, both as a sole narrator in 2007 and 2008 and as part of a multicast reading in 2001 and 2012. He has earned numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards. His extensive voice-over work includes more than 5,000 narrations for commercial ventures. A graduate of Wesleyan University and the University of Paris, he also works as a writer and playwright. He has appeared in over fifty plays and has also translated plays of Molière and Feydeau for regional theaters.