What sinister secret lies hidden in the town of Roanoke II? How did the entire population of this desert military instillation simply disappear? High-level Pentagon orders call J. D. Stanton, retired navy captain, back to active duty to investigate. Heading a crack team of military, government, and scientific experts, Stanton faces a bewildering scenario. Food still on dinner plates, gas nozzles still in the fuel ports of cars at the filling station . . . Whatever happened took the people of Roanoke II completely by surprise. But took them where? The answer -- far beyond what Stanton could conceive in his wildest dreams -- carries a steep price. For forces higher than the Pentagon are invested in the top-secret research of Roanoke II. And they'll protect it ruthlessly. Caught with his team between trained paramilitary killers and an unearthly and deadly enigma, Stanton faces a choice that will stretch his Christian faith to the limits. It could supply answers to the mystery of Roanoke II . . . Or unfathomable and irrevocable horrors.
Review:
Vanished continues the saga of former submarine captain J.D. Stanton from A Ship Possesed. Once again, Gansky has crafted an only slightly possible science fiction story. The stroy starts when Stanton arrives in a government facility in New Mexico from which everyone has completely vanished. This book is not near as good as the first but still manages to be suspensful and exciting. Negatives are mainly the somewhat worn out black ops thing that permeates the entire plot. The big difference in this one from the first is that it is not very believeable and it seems like Gansky went a little to far in trying to be different. The final chapters get rather bizarre but still manage to be exciting.
3 stars
Stephen and Jandrew
