Top material. Read in 2016. Will be back to write a proper review later.
It’s September 2018 now and I happened to stumble over some reviews - surprising ones that is - of the book.
There were quite a few 🤔 one star reviews ... seems a little harsh. I feel the plot idea and its development was well executed. Okay, i understand that for some it may have been too objective and the characters perhaps a bit lacking in emotional expression. But again, I don’t feel the book needs to be trashed that bad. Sometimes I think readers forget how hard it is to write a novel where everything is just perfectly done. Well, that is just my humble opinion. ( )

Apr 10, 2018
Uhh... I only got about 30 minutes in and had to bail. Starts off as an alien conspiracy theorist's wet dream - "I KNOW that I can prove that the gummint is covering up the truth about aliens if I could just get my hands on a top-secret folder like that robber that just crashed into me has in his hands."

I could put up with that if a short story or novella, but not a 23 hour long audiobook.

Aliens exist, the government knows, and Dan McCarthy just found the proof. When Dan McCarthy stumbles upon a folder containing evidence of the conspiracy to end all conspiracies - a top-level alien cover-up - he leaks the files without a second thought. The incredible truth revealed by Dan's leak immediately captures the public's imagination, but Dan's relentless commitment to exposing the cover-up and forcing disclosure quickly earns him some enemies in high places. For his whole life, Dan McCarthy has searched for a reason to believe. Now that he finally has one, he might soon wish he didn't.... Not Alone is a stand-alone tale of contact and disclosure for the 21st century.

Conspiracy trash. Avoid. ( )

Much too long with an anti-climactic ending. Some decent ideas but not worth the journey. I won't be continuing with the series. ( )