Second Generation had me turning the pages. Growing up, I was a fan of V. I watched both mini-series and the television series that followed. Kenneth Johnson created an earth in crisis when outside forces into play. Aliens from outer space have always fascinated me. We surely can’t be the only planet in the universe with sustainable life. There are others, and this book and its story shows us one possible way things can go if we are someday visited by others in the universe.

This book is not without its problems though. To fans of story, they know this book ignores both The Final Battle and the events in the television series that followed. There is no star child born from a mating between one of the visitor males and a human female. Those events in this book never took place. In The Final Battle, Robin Maxwell mates with visitor Shawn, and she gives birth to Elizabeth. Once Shawn is captured by the resistance, Robin then kills him.

He is alive and well here. Robin isn’t even mentioned in the book, but her father is. Even with the fact Second Generation doesn’t follow the entire time line for this world, it is a good read. I’m looking forward to seeing it come to life on the screen when it airs as a four hour mini-series next year. If you can’t wait until then to find out what happens, pick up this book!