Enjoyable alien invasion story that seems to be somewhat inspired by War Of The Worlds (not that that is a bad thing).

Reads like an action thriller with enough character development and backstory to make you want this ragtag group that lives through the initial invasion survive to the end. The storyline, though, has other ideas so there are a couple of characters who don't make it, which makes the reader more concerned about the major characters.

It is the first book in a trilogy so I will be looking for the next two in the series.

My one issue is that the physiology of the aliens doesn't make them seem like a species that could use tools complicated enough to make spacecraft, but this may be explored/explained in books 2 or 3 of the series.

I give it 4 out of 5, but this is my genre, so if sci-fi/alien invasions is not to your taste drop it down a notch. ( )