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Startoucher

April 24, 2018 by JBronder

Sci fi / Fantasy

Date Published: February 17, 2018

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Humanity is put on trial by the aliens who seeded life on Earth.

After 3.8 billion years, the alien creators of life on Earth return to evaluate the results of their experiment. One species is found to be an extreme danger to itself and others – Humanity. Evidence for the continuation of the species hangs by a thread.

Jake Connolly, talented up and coming LA lawyer, has a hidden psychic side long suppressed. When a series of intense visionary experiences threaten to derail his life, he is dragged unwillingly towards mysterious events deep in the Mojave Desert. What he discovers there changes him forever, and will affect the lives of everyone on the planet.

As the world watches its destiny unfold, humanity is forced to fight for its survival in a Galactic court and justify its existence to far superior beings.

An innovative, intelligent, and mystical novel that asks the biggest questions of all.

Where are we from…where are we going…how much have we truly evolved?…

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About the Author

C.J. Odle is an author and ayahuascero (works with medicinal plants) living in a small conservation and healing center in the Peruvian amazon.

Born in 1961, from an early age he developed an interest in science fiction and fantasy. Around the age of 17 he began to study divination, which led to a career of over 35 years working as an astrologer and psychic. He has written four previous books, all non-fiction and mind body spirit titles.

In his early forties he experienced a psychic crisis, which led him to Peru to complete a 6 year apprenticeship in Amazonian shamanism. He still lives in the jungle in Peru with his wife. Startoucher is his first novel.

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My Review

5 stars

Jake Connolly is a lawyer in LA. Things seem to be going well for him except when he starts getting visions and headaches. He finds himself drawn to the Mojave Desert. There he blacks out and finds himself in an alien spaceship. It seems these aliens are responsible for the population of the Earth but they have found one species destructive to the rest, humans. Jake is going to have to plead a case about why humans should not be destroyed.Jake is not a character that I was really fond of. He just bothered me and I had no confidence in him and the others that were abducted to plead for humanities case. The more I read, the more I did warm up to him and I did have some hope that humanity might be spared. And when you really think about it, why should we be spared?

I really enjoyed the aliens and their technology. I liked how CJ Odle came up with a plant based technology instead of the typical metal technology. Now some of the things with the aliens felt a little cliché but I can over look that when looking at the big picture.

I really enjoyed this story. It is a wonderful first book from CJ Odle and he did a great job with it. It is supposed to be the first in a trilogy and I’m curious at where CJ Odle is going to go from here. I admit that this could easily have been a standalone book. But it is one that I definitely say that you should check out if you like scifi.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. I voluntarily chose to read and post an honest review.