This book was awesome! It did MOT "fizzle out" at all! I'm not one for Alien type books but I loved this one and can't wait for the next one to come out! I recommend this book for anyone who likes "end of the world" type books! Whatever_whatever is a dumb butt so don't listen to him/her!

After a promising start pitting two teams of astronauts against each-other in a space race with geopolitical underpinnings... this book just plain fizzles out. There is an interesting premise to the alien side of the story, but we never really get answers beyond a cursory explanation in a rushed "wrap it all up" final chapter. Very unsatisfying.