Overview
Venus, second planet from the Sun, is a lonely sphere of lethal heat, deadly pressure, and poisonous winds. Yet mankind still explores it for signs of life. When an abandoned alien outpost is discovered on Venusian soil, Dr. Veronica Hatch is sent to investigate. What she discovers is extraordinary — an alien race has escaped its dying and distant world to colonize Venus, the only planet that can support it. But back on Earth, this news is received with dread. Fearing the aliens will invade and conquer the entire solar system, Earth prepares for war. It is now up to Veronica to urgently convince the aliens that mankind is truly worth saving — before Earth becomes ground zero of an interstellar war.
Synopsis
Venus, second planet from the Sun, is a lonely sphere of lethal heat, deadly pressure, and poisonous winds. Yet mankind still explores it for signs of life. When an abandoned alien outpost is discovered on Venusian soil, Dr. Veronica Hatch is sent to investigate. What she discovers is extraordinary — an alien race has escaped its dying and distant world to colonize Venus, the only planet that can support it. But back on Earth, this news is received with dread. Fearing the aliens will invade and conquer the entire solar system, Earth prepares for war. It is now up to Veronica to urgently convince the aliens that mankind is truly worth saving — before Earth becomes ground zero of an interstellar war.
Science Fiction Weekly
The Quiet Invasion is a fantastic tour of Venus, with plenty of fresh ideas, excitement and all-out wonder on the itinerary.
Editorials
Science Fiction Weekly
The Quiet Invasion is a fantastic tour of Venus, with plenty of fresh ideas, excitement and all-out wonder on the itinerary.Library Journal
The discovery of an alien artifact on Venus comes at a crucial time for the research colony of Venera, but the complications that result when a living alien species lays claim to the planet drive both humans and aliens to the verge of armed conflict. Zettel (Reclamation) endows both her human and alien characters with depth and variety, highlighting the concerns common to all sentient life. Strong elements of action and intrigue breathe life into a tale of social conflict and personal crisis. Recommended for most sf collections. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.Faren Miller
In The Quiet Invasion, Sarah Zettel brings a tale of First Contact to the seemingly unlikely setting of hothouse planet Venus, a place where even the most gung-ho citizens of the future Earth have trouble envisioning widespread terraforming. Nonetheless, by the time this book opens there are Venus-born humans from the outpost there, and at least one prominent figure wants to keep it that way...Humans, aliens, and Venus itself are all skillfully portrayed here, in a pleasingly complex plot which does finally bring two civilizations into contact, even as it reveals two very different perspectives on the nature of the planet where they meet. The Quiet Invasion proves to be a drama of considerable moral force, getting to the heart of ethics that can defy all the worst political chicanery, insanity, and greed, to find a way to celebrate life, whatever form that life may take, biological or psychological.—Locus