One day in our nation's capital there appears an extraterrestrial--disguised as a human. Before he can warn us that an alien power is bent on annihilating the entire human race, he is mugged and left for dead. He recovers to find an obsessed government agent and a crazed drug gang dogging his steps. His only avenue to survival hinges on an aging journalist and his assistant.
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Millennium begins with an alien visitor - disguised as a human - appearing in our nation's capital, with a dire warning. He is a renegade from an advanced civilization out to destroy a race believed to be irredeemably violent and dangerous - the human race. But before he can deliver his message, the alien falls victim to human violence. Pursued by an obsessed government agent and a crazed drug dealer, both of whom are after his alien technology, the visitor has only one chance for survival. The future of the human race now hinges on a hard-bitten journalist in the twilight of his career and his beautiful, impetuous assistant.
From The Critics
Publishers Weekly
Syndicated political columnist and novelist Anderson (The Japan Conspiracy) obviously wanted to craft a major statement about the U.S. government's alleged UFO cover-up, but this flaccid potboiler reads more like an egocentric fantasy than a tough-minded expos. Hard-nosed Washington, D.C., syndicated columnist Mick Aaronson meets an extraterrestrial, Klaatu (yes, the same name as the alien in the 1952 film, The Day the Earth Stood Still, to which this story bears more than a few resemblances), who in 1999 has come to Earth in human form to warn the President that our planet will be subjected to mass sterilization unless humanity overcomes its arrogance and complacency. Turned away from the White House, Klaatu delivers his message instead to Aaronson, who writes columns spreading the word. Meanwhile, Ghost, an inner-city drug dealer, has stolen Klaatu's magic rock, which confers powers of mind control, enabling this gang leader to seduce, rob and murder with impunity. The cast also includes an apocalyptic New Age preacher, who seeks Dead Sea scrolls that foretell a Judgment Day linked to the alien's visit; a decadent heiress and UFO abductee, who falls in love with Klaatu; and a headstrong woman reporter, who gets in too deep.
From the Publisher
Millennium begins with an alien visitor - disguised as a human - appearing in our nation's capital, with a dire warning. He is a renegade from an advanced civilization out to destroy a race believed to be irredeemably violent and dangerous - the human race. But before he can deliver his message, the alien falls victim to human violence. Pursued by an obsessed government agent and a crazed drug dealer, both of whom are after his alien technology, the visitor has only one chance for survival. The future of the human race now hinges on a hard-bitten journalist in the twilight of his career and his beautiful, impetuous assistant.
From The Critics
Publishers Weekly
Syndicated political columnist and novelist Anderson (The Japan Conspiracy) obviously wanted to craft a major statement about the U.S. government's alleged UFO cover-up, but this flaccid potboiler reads more like an egocentric fantasy than a tough-minded expos. Hard-nosed Washington, D.C., syndicated columnist Mick Aaronson meets an extraterrestrial, Klaatu (yes, the same name as the alien in the 1952 film, The Day the Earth Stood Still, to which this story bears more than a few resemblances), who in 1999 has come to Earth in human form to warn the President that our planet will be subjected to mass sterilization unless humanity overcomes its arrogance and complacency. Turned away from the White House, Klaatu delivers his message instead to Aaronson, who writes columns spreading the word. Meanwhile, Ghost, an inner-city drug dealer, has stolen Klaatu's magic rock, which confers powers of mind control, enabling this gang leader to seduce, rob and murder with impunity. The cast also includes an apocalyptic New Age preacher, who seeks Dead Sea scrolls that foretell a Judgment Day linked to the alien's visit; a decadent heiress and UFO abductee, who falls in love with Klaatu; and a headstrong woman reporter, who gets in too deep.
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