The story line is pretty simple. A company drilling in Alaska finds a spaceship. Then, after 2 years an unveiling happens with dignitaries from all around the world and the employees that found the spaceship and their families. All is going well until the spaceship takes off. It takes off to different planets that are devoid of others, but the wildlife is thriving and willing to do anything to destroy others.
It is not an inspiring read due to all the violence and dead civilizations, but it is a look into the future of what might happen to our own planet if we don't change.
I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Finding a spaceship buried in the tundra of Alaska, Jonah Wall enters into an adventure he could never imaging as the ship takes off towards space. With his two estranged sons, Jonah must struggle to survive and protect his life and family. Well written fiction.

And the beginning was so promising… A creative idea that turns into …

Junior school in outer space!

Annoying characters whose motivation for doing/not doing things is never truly explained. Parents and children who can’t get along. Bosses and subordinates who can’t get along (even when they are ready to jump each other’s bones). And, of course, a little military versus civilian drama. It’s all just so tiring and unimaginative. The dialogue is poor and the resolutions pathetic.

Settings that never come to life. Cartoon monsters and chase scenes/battles with obligatory character deaths that evoked no emotion in this reader.

And if the epilogue is a teaser for a sequel – count me out!

Pretty good. I didn't like all of the characters, but liked the story overall. Thanks very much for the free copy for review!!

Johan is working on an Alaskan drill team that hits an unexpected object; an alien spaceship buried under ice. At a press conference revealing the spaceship, The spaceship starts up and takes them to an alien world.

Fairly decent sci fi read. Some of the dialog was just too unnatural for me. Stuff like characters speaking without contractions that comes across as overly formal and weird. The ending was a bit of a letdown but the overall read was enjoyable.

[Blurb goes here]

Jonah works at an oil rig in Alaska. For reasons unknown, the drills are getting smashed. Jonah inspect the last one to be rendered useless. He finds a strange silvery substance on it. He orders for a video camera to be lowered into the hole. What he discovers is far from ordinary.

Jonah and the rest of his crew are dismissed from the site, this is now a military operation of sorts. The government is unearthing a space ship that has been buried there for millennia.

Jonah abandoned his wife years back: the horrors of war, while he was a journalist in the middle east, wrecked his life. He rather spend the rest of it alone. Alas, his kids are coming to visit.

In an unexpected turn of events, he, along with his ex-wife and kids, are invited to the unveiling of the spaceship. His crew will be there, as will be dignitaries from all over the world.

While inside the cargo hold of the ship, where a banquet is taking place. The ship 'skips' to another planet. What started as a simple tour inside the alien craft, turns into a battle for survival.

This action packed story is well written, most characters are fleshed out, although, at times, they feel a bit like cardboard cut-outs. That rings specially true for the antagonists, and some of Jonah's crew members.

There are a few things I found hard to reconcile. I can't go into detail here, without giving things away, let me just say that loosing a loved one should have a much bigger impact on your life and actions.

While the story is interesting and fast paced, the creatures the survivors encounter are the classic animal mash-ups of old: 'a gorilla-like creature with a scorpion's tail...' I find it hard to fathom, that out there, in a strange world, humanity will find itself fighting against something so...pedestrian.

Still, a good read with an unexpected outcome.

Thank you for the advanced copy!