INFORMATION DE PHILIP MANTLE A PROPOS DE SON DERNIER OUVRAGE

INFORMATION DE PHILIP MANTLE A PROPOS DE SON DERNIER OUVRAGE

BOOK REVIEW

Title:                Once Upon a Missing Time – A novel of alien abduction

Author:            Philip Mantle

Publisher:        Richard Dolan Press

Price:   Paperback: $14.95 (US dollars), Kindle: $7.99 (US dollars)

Full details:     http://richarddolanpress.com/once-upon-a-missing-time/

In this fascinating new book, Philip Mantle swaps roles as a knowledgeable investigator of the UFO phenomenon to assume the garb of Sci-Fi author and makes the transition seamlessly. In doing so he brings first hand knowledge to a subject still deeply mired in mystery and speculation. What makes the book doubly interesting is that all the characters, although fictitious, are drawn from actual cases involving alleged alien abduction and the attention to detail shows. In fact one of the investigators could easily be the author.

This well constructed tale is set in the county of Yorkshire in England, home turf for Philip Mantle, and tells of a teacher, Alan Morrison, and his young family who gradually come to realise that they are the focus of something that is not of this earth and the tale follows their slow, but inexorable slide into a world of malevolent fear and madness.

After some meticulous scene setting, the story really comes to life when the family undergo hypnotic regression and this is when the comprehensive UFO background of the author really shines through. The description of what takes place is so true to life and visceral that the reader is drawn headfirst into the exchange and some of the terror and helplessness inherent in the experience can be felt.

Based on this outing one can only hope that this is a not just a ‘one off’ effort and that many more UFO related tales will come from the author, because he seems to have found a niche that he can successfully mine. I have no hesitation in recommending this well researched and entertaining work.

Review by Brian Allan.