Fireworks - Softcover

Moore, James A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1892065401 ISBN 13: 9781892065407

Publisher: Meisha Merlin Publishing, Inc., 2005

Synopsis

In the interest of National Security... Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Amendment II A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Their weapons have been seized, their homes have become their prisons, their telephones and radios are no longer functioning. Amendment III No Soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. Collier, Georgia has been taken, stormed by men in dark armor at a time when the town has just suffered its greatest moment of tragedy. As hundreds lay dying or injured, the citizens of Collier and the hundreds of strangers who were only there for the Independence Day fireworks displays, find themselves unable to escape their town, cut off from every possible source of help. The soldiers have taken over the hotels, the high school, everything. The only law in Collier is enforced by the weapons of the invading forces. Amendment IV The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. A small town has become a prison, a place where even the right to live is questioned every hour, every day. Sooner or later, something has to give...

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From Booklist

The Independence Day celebration in Collier, Georgia, is disrupted by the crash landing of a gigantic UFO. A quarter of the townspeople are killed or maimed, and worse follows, as the forces of the secret agency ONYX descend, appropriately enough in black helicopters, not to mention black combat gear, weapons, Hummers, and everything else an elite special-operations unit uses. The ONYX troopers' security-oriented paranoia elicits a similar response from the remaining townsfolk, who aren't fond of the government to begin with and grow less fond with each passing hour, day, and incident. Chief of Police Frank Osborn and ONYX CO Colonel Anderson try to cool the hotheads and remember that Americans constitute both sides. But incomprehension and violence (willful on the part of some white supremacists) escalate to a gruesome climax that erases Collier from the map, just in time to see the UFO go back to wherever it came from. Irony, tragedy, regional color, memorable character sketches, horror, and literate paranoia mix together in Moore's disturbing, absorbing novel. Roland Green
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From Library Journal

On the Fourth of July, the town of Collier, GA, changes forever as an unidentified object from space crashes into a nearby lake. This cataclysmic event, however, only heralds the beginning of bigger disasters, as the town's residents are taken hostage by their own government in the interest of national security. This latest novel by the author of Under the Overtree depicts the eerie aftermath of an alien visitation and government occupation in chillingly graphic detail. Not for the squeamish, this belongs in most horror or sf collections.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Meisha Merlin Publishing, Inc.
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1892065401
• ISBN 13: 9781892065407
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 386