I really did not like this book. It was basically a road trip aka free love era. It was really about Jimmo's trip to Alaska to join the resistance against the "Grays" who seem to be everywhere. But basically most of the story seemed to center around Jimmo and his sexcapades. Very little actual aliens in the story. I rarely give a book a one star rating. I usually just stop reading it. But I kept hoping for a payoff which did happen in the end. I could have skipped most of the chapters and gone right to the last chapter or two.

In all, the book was worth the read. I did find that it was a tad disjointed at times which distracted from the overall enjoyment. Still, it was interesting enough that I would read a follow on by the author.

“Truck Stop Earth” eBook was published in 2016 and was written by Michael A. Armstrong. This looks like Mr. Armstrong’s first published novel.

I categorize this novel as ‘R’ because it contains of Mature Language and Mature Situations. The story is set in Alaska with the primary character being James “Jimmo” Osborne.

Osborne has a history of service in US Special Operations, if you can believe him. He is also part of the ‘Resistance’ that is combatting the world wide Occupation Government controlled by the alien ‘Grays’. Osborne knows about the Grays because he has been abducted to their ‘Mother Ship’ more than a dozen times.

Osborne finds his way to Della, Alaska. He finds not only others that seem to be part of the resistance, but he also discovers a huge alien base near there. Along the way as he leads a very laid back life style, and he hooks up with a few different young ladies he meets along the way.

This was a strange story. I spent a little less than 7 hours reading this 219 page Science Fiction (or perhaps a drug induced fantasy) tale. I kept thinking there might be a big confrontation with the Grays by Osborne or the Resistance. I felt disappointed when the book ended. The story was well written, but it just meandered around and then ended. While the cover art is interesting, it didn’t really give much of a insight to the what the story would be. I give this novel a 3 out of 5.

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