Anaz-Voohri

When Zack Duncan awakes one July night in 2003 to no power in the house and a strange vibration permeating the wall little does he know that before the night is over he will embark on a journey the likes of which even the X-Files could not have imagined. To Zack’s horror, once he finally gains his sister Ashley’s room, he finds a tall alien in the process of taking his little charge. Despite his near heroic efforts, he cannot get to his sister in time and she is taken by Anaz-Voohri leader Kavak.

A natural psychic, over the years Zack is able to communicate with Ashley and slowly but surely, he learns of the Anaz-Voohri race and their intent to systematically annihilate the human race. With the help only of his friend Logo, he constructs a website, writes a book and undergoes a one man mission to rescue his sister. When long last he is brought within a secret government agency dedicated to save the planet, he also again sees his beloved sister. Ashley, however, is not only older, she has completely bought into the Anaz-Voohri philosophy and no longer sees herself as human, but as one of them. The Anaz-Voohri seem invincible and despite his training and a strong team Zack’s life hangs in the balance.

This reviewer began reading this amazing series when Full Contact first came out and eagerly awaited each book. While ANAZ-VOOHRI is mainly a pre-quel it is also a stand-alone story and definitely a must read for the series. In its pages, Ms. Schartz not only weaves Zack and Ashley’s stories, she presents readers with the very beginnings of the race determined to obliterate the human race, their history and, even their own internal political disputes.

For the conspiracy theorist as well as fans of science fiction stories that speculate on space travel to and from earth, Ms. Schartz offers her readers an enthralling story. She aptly answers the questions devoted readers of this series will have had. Zack is a charming, headstrong, and determined character, the likes of which anyone would be pleased to call “friend.” When he is injured, it is the hero of our hearts that suffers.

ANAZ-VOOHRI is a definite “must” read for both existing fans of this series as well as those new to it.

December 2006