by John Kessel
First published 1989
George Eberhart died, but his newsnet brought him back illegally. Now he sifts through the sensational stories he once reported, searching for proof that aliens walk among us. His wife Lucky pays the price for his resurrection when she loses her job, only to discover Earth harbors horrors she never imagined. Reverend Jimmy-Don Gilray preaches that Judgment Day will strike at midnight on December 31, 1999, but alien presence could change everything. Meanwhile, Carla Hazard, Sandy Ellison, and Martha Shummel think fortune has smiled on them. They may be wrong. As the millennium countdown begins, the question becomes whether humanity faces divine judgment or something far stranger. Eberhart races against time to uncover the truth while his world unravels around him.
Genres: science-fiction, mystery, speculative-fiction, thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: conspiracy, unreliable-narrator
Period: 1999, Millennium
402 pages · Hardcover · Tor Books