The Communication Room
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Pub Date Apr 26 2016 | Archive Date Jun 6 2016
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Leonard Ackerman works at a remote army base trying to solve the greatest threat facing mankind... An alien invasion that has eroded our species down to very few numbers as far as Ackerman can tell. His base is compromised and Ackerman retreats to a laboratory he has never been inside, locking himself there with the enemy right outside his door.
Inside the lab are thirteen telephones -- from the American civil war through to Ackerman's present day about 100 years from now. This laboratory seems to be some sort of closed experiment and Ackerman discovers that he cannot exit the lab until the experiment has run its course. The method and ultimate goal of the test is beyond his reach for now... but the first telephone rings and the only thing Ackerman can do is answer...
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Adam Aresty is an award winning author and screenwriter. His novella "Recovery" was published in 2013 by Kraken Press. He is the writer of the 2015 horror comedy "Stung" that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Adam is currently working on a sequel. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Holly and their awesome dog, Ace.
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| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780692664797 |
| PRICE | $0.00 (USD) |
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Margaret B, Reviewer
A very neat Sci Fi novella about one of the last humans alive after a centuries-long alien invasion. Trapped in a lab with the aliens outside, he finds he has to complete an experiment in order to be able to get out. What he discovers in the experiment has driven another mad, but it's his only hope to just possibly escape and, just maybe, give humanity a little longer to fight.
Reviewer 224449
3 1/2 stars - rounded up to 4
This novella really packs a punch - as aliens try to wipe out humanity and a scientist faces the world crumbling around him, he shuts himself in a room to escape an attack. The room contains an experiment he knows nothing about, and going through the experiment might be the only chance he has to survive.
The story is instantly compelling and smartly written. It has some smart ideas and emotional moments that you will be thinking about days after finishing the story. I could easily see this being made into a movie.
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