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The Gods and the Builders by [Brandon Hale]

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At first, we didn't know why they came. And once we found out, we wished we hadn't asked.

Lauren's life had reached a turning point. She had no idea what the future held. She wasn't sure about her job or her marriage. Life had become too complex, and she didn't like it. Then they came, and everything changed...

The Gods and the Builders is Brandon Hale's very intimate view of an extremely monumental event: Alien visitation. His exciting new novel deals with the event in a very powerful way. It's not about the government's reaction. It's about four average people who must deal with this life changing event.

When the world changes, what in your life will still matter... and what won't?

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234 pages
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March 10, 2012
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Thanks for considering The Gods and the Builders. While this isn't my first novel, it is the first book I'm distributing globally. This book deals with some fairly epic events, but those events really just serve as a backdrop to what's important: the characters.

While writing this book, I found myself falling in love with the four main characters. They genuinely took on a life of their own, and (as strange as this may sound) they managed to surprise me from time to time.

If you purchase this book, I hope the same happens with you. And - more importantly - I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. -- Brandon Hale --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B007J8IXO6
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 10, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1899 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 234 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0557562503

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Brandon Hale grew up in a small Virginia town. A lover of horror, sci-fi, and adventure stories, he wrote his first full length novel when he was 17. In the decades since, he has written nonstop, producing multiple novels and short stories. Brandon's first published novel was The Gods and the Builders. Shortly after that, his second novel - Day Soldiers - was released. Since then, he has continued the Day Soldiers series, released a collection of short stories, and released a Day Soldiers "survival manual." Brandon still lives in Virginia with his wife Laura and is still writing constantly.

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Sharon Delarose

A believable tale of alien visitation

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 24, 2013

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Alien spaceships appear en masse all around the world, and the government can't hide the truth anymore. What will the government do? Why are the aliens here? And why did they decide to show themselves so visibly right now?

I am literally blown away by the near perfection of detail and level of knowledge this author put into the story. Being a subject that I am intimately connected to, I've got to say Well Done! The story is totally believable. The theories work, the possibilities work, and I can see this happening.

So many alien stories are all hyped up, with truly unbelievable scenarios like us being a food source for the aliens, or mindless evil alien monsters tearing us limb from limb. How refreshing to read a story so genuine and well thought out! Cooler yet is the surprise ending. I did not see that coming!

I give this book my total stamp of approval, as an actual alien abductee. I would love to read a sequel!

-- Sharon Delarose

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Tom

Really enjoyed this book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 22, 2012

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I had been searching for a good alien visitation story that this one really delivered. I'm a "10 minutes before bedtime" kind of reader but this book had me stretching that out to 40 and 50 minutes every night. I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next. The story had interesting plot twists and if you believe that "we are not alone", it seemed entirely plausible.

The best part of course were the 4 main characters. The author did a great job developing each one of them with bits of humor, a touch of drama, and a lot of heart and soul. You really felt like you got to know them personally.

The ending was well thought out and pretty surprising.

All in all a great read that I would highly recommend.

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Jerry Roessler

Interesting View of Gad and man

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 9, 2012

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Very differantt look at God and man on earth and what is out there in the unverese, What allens and their reasons for coming here and why.

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Mistie Jackson

found treasure

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 4, 2013

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After reading Day Soldiers 1 &2 I found this book so I thought I would give it a try while waiting for the 3rd installment of D S 3. Worth while read.

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Thia Zol

Two Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 1, 2014

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I thought this was a plot of bigger dimensions, and was a bit dissapointed.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 16, 2013

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This was so anticlimactic it's just bad this was more about the stupid relationship between the so called couples.... it hardly focus on the aliens and the important stuff. Very disappointed

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Will Harden

Not what I thought it was.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 3, 2014

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I didn't even read it as it was not what I thought it was. I thought it was something along the lines of Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follet.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 7, 2012

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I was intrigued with the plot. Good job, Brandon. Eagerly awaiting further titles from you. This is not the first of your books I have read.

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Kyouma

Some Good Ideas, But Poor In Places

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 3, 2013

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On The whole I enjoyed this book. There were some good ideas, and it was refreshing to see an author with a different take on an alien visitation novel.

The book was fairly well written, if not brilliantly; however, there were some pretty basic mistakes, such as using fiancé instead of fiancée.

There was a segment where a francophone was "apparently" speaking in French. I say apparently, because the French was awful. It would appear that the author merely grabbed a French/English dictionary and directly translated words, or maybe even used an extremely poor online translator. Whichever it was, this beautiful language was butchered beyond all recognition. Surely this could have been avoided by either directly asking a native French speaker how to write certain sentences, or even seeking advice on an online French/English forum.

I also found some of the statements and language used to be extremely narrow-minded and insular. Maybe the author truly believes that the president of the USA is the "leader of the free world," but I certainly do not; and I sincerely doubt that many who live outside of America would. We are talking about a man who is the head of state for a country that consists of approximately 4% of the world's population; hardly the "leader of the free world."

The above gripes aside, and, as stated previously, it was a pretty good book. I found the ending a little rushed; but, other than that, it contained some good ideas; and, at times, gave the reader food for thought.

I would consider reading other novels by this author, but I would hope that more care would be given to language usage, (both English and foreign), and that the author would also tone down the nationalistic rhetoric - unless it is relevant to the subject matter.

Alexander

Very good.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 19, 2013

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I very much enjoyed reading this story, I love the subject and I love to think about the mentality of human beings, although that can sometimes be depressing. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in other possible intelligent life and what happens when humans have to deal with that. And i'd recommend it to anyone who likes to read a story that keeps you turning pages to see what happens next.

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