"A compelling world filled with mystery and romance"

Dr. C.J. Montgomery has finally realized that the alien, Areth, aren't telling the truth. The Areth came to Earth and claimed that humans were descendants of the members of an Areth spaceship lost ten thousand years before. After an initial period of distrust, the Areth have infiltrated all walks of human society.

For many years C.J. believed the Areth-- that they only wished to help humans. Unfortunately, the Areth are not what they appear, C.J. discovers that the Areth are holding humans captive. One of these captives is Michael Tanner, the son of C.J.'s former lover. Nick Tanner thought that Michael was born dead and that his wife died in childbirth. Nick is surprised to learn, that his son is very much alive after twenty-five years. Nick, a former Earth Forces pilot, joins C.J.'s group to rescue the captives from the clutches of the Areth.

RISING UP blew me away! Ms. Delaney creates a compelling world filled with mystery and romance. C.J. and Nick are forced to overcome the troubles of the past to get a second chance at love. Michael, who has been abused as an Areth captive, must learn to trust and love. I enjoyed the fact that Ms. Delaney didn't portray all Areths as evil, but as individuals with unique personalities. I am enthralled by the mystery of the Areth and can't wait for the next installment to the series.

Reviewed by Marlene Breakfield
Courtesy PNR Reviews
Posted March 31, 2006

Heat Index Rating: Inferno - Enough to make you sizzle - these stories will have language and varying degrees of descriptive scenes

Summary

Some say the Areth are our salvation, others our doom.

Retired Colonel Nick Tanner doesn't care.

Not until Caitlin Montgomery, the woman he was never able to forget, finds him in his solitude and changes everything.

His son -- the child he was told died 25 years before -- is alive and needs him. Nick will do whatever it takes to bring Michael home. He'll lay down his life, if that's the cost to reveal the truth and stop the Areth.

Now... he cares. And if he ever finds the Areth that stole his son from him, she'll pay.