Not Alone: The Final Call

By: Craig A. Falconer

Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin

They came in peace. But that was last time…

As the world gears up for the first anniversary of Contact Day, Dan McCarthy’s year-long effort to stay out of the limelight collapses in an instant.

A direct call from the Messengers throws Dan into urgent action, but the fallout plants a troubling seed of doubt:

This time, maybe they didn’t come here to help....

©2019 Craig A. Falconer (P)2019 Audible, Inc.

Good

This is a good continuation of the story. There were more surprises then I could have ever expected. Very interested in hearing the next one.

Very Good

Good story and series. Not the best but certainly worth the credit and listen. The story is consistent, the people believable. Just a good first contact story.

More!

The regret for this part of the serie it to shore,.... more, more! I hope there will be many more parts to this serie there is much to explore!

Love it

I loved the whole series! More folks than Dan MacArthy dream of aliens and space travel.

Brilliant series

This is an amazing series. Loved every minute of the story and the narration was excellent. A great conclusion !

cheesy ending

after book one it was slow moving, mostly held on to the end thanks to the narrator. that last libe qas just cringe, thanks for ruining a good ending.

A great follow up to Book 1 in the series

Book.1 was great. Book 2 was almost pointless because it was almost identical to book 1. I still can't figure out why he wrote it. But book 3, this one, was also great and actually was continuing story. i.am hoping that book4 is more like 1 and 3 and nothing like 2.

Great story!

Very entertaining and fast action with many special surprises I didn't see coming. you will enjoy this book.

Enjoyable

I listened to all three of the Not Alone series and I really enjoyed them. This was great to listen to as I worked, easy and quick with plenty of twists and turns.

Not Alone Series

This is a very long series, close to 100 hours of listening in the unabridged audiobook format of six novels. Given the length, you need a voice pleasant to hear and James Patrick Cronin does a terrific job throughout. Pacing, tempo, male and female voices, etc., overall production very well done. Not Alone is a SciFi series and Book One was released in August of 2016, book 6 in June of 2020, all by Audible Studios. Not Alone is character-driven, albeit few main characters – which is nice listening and you get to know everyone. No need for struggling to keep track of who-is-who, and thanks to the excellent narration, no problems with who-is-speaking-to-who.

Plot. Dan McCarthy, while riding his bike on a delivery, collides with a robber who drops an envelope containing definitive proof of a government cover-up. Human knowledge of aliens, i.e., we are Not Alone, has been a fact since 1938. Early on, you're skeptical and before the books are finished - well, no spoilers. But, SciFi lovers will be beyond pleased as Dan's amazing adventures unfold. Start with book one, and read in sequence or you'll miss a great deal.

Liked. Character development, humanoid, and otherwise. You like most, hate a few. The ultimate goodness of mankind, and any potential visitors, is something we all wish to be true.

Not so hot? Repetitive. Most noticeable in the series, Falconer re-caps a great deal, almost as if he needs to remind himself where the plot is and how we got here, reading from his own notes. Painful to listen to for anyone who is binge-listening to all six books in the series. Kept mumbling, 'Yeah, yeah, I know, I know - move on." Actually did have to fast-forward a bit.

No clicking knees, not a blood-and-guts type horror SciFi. This is a first contact story out of a vivid imagination telling us what it might really be like. World politics, wonder, fear, greed, hope - it's all here. No sex, nothing offensive. Recommended!