Operation Lightning Strike by Nick Pope

THE ALIENS SAY THEY COME IN PEACE - BUT THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS A MORE SINISTER MOTIVE . . .

An alien spacecraft is heading for Earth and will arrive within weeks, bringing colonists who offer partnership and prosperity. But any chance of peaceful settlement is swept aside when a mysterious and shadowy group known as The Enterprise engineers a devastating attack against the aliens. Forced into a war they cannot win but dare not lose, the government and military struggle to contain an increasingly desperate situation. As losses mount and events move to the inevitable final conflict, debates continue about who is the real enemy. The lies must be uncovered and the conspiracy exposed, but time is running out, and with the fate of humanity itself in the balance, the stakes could not be higher . . .

Packed with inside knowledge about the UFO phenomenon and the inner workings of the government, Operation Lightning Strike is as realistic an account as you'll ever read of what might really happen when the human race encounters extra-terrestrials.

Nick Pope joined the Ministry of Defence in 1985. During the Gulf War he worked in the Joint Operation Centre, while from 1991 to 1994 he was responsible for investigating UFO sightings, alien abductions, crop circles and other paranormal phenomena. He holds the rank of Higher Executive Officer and is the bestselling author of two works of non-fiction and one other work of fiction, Operation Thunder Child. He lives in London.