Action Alert!: A Thunderbirds Novel

How refreshing to read a sci-fi book that doesn't make me wince at profanity or R-rated subject matter. I can relax and let Joan Marie Verba draw me in to the story as she develops the characters and describes the Thunderbirds action in detail. She immerses the reader into the story until we feel that we know the characters and understand their motives. The book is one in a series Verba has written about a talented, well-adjusted family of heroes whose missions involve rescuing other people in a variety of dangerous situations. They use high-tech equipment like an orbiting satellite station and custom-designed jets. I particularly like the values of bravery, excellence, and honor that run through the family of main characters. I liked this book so much that I bought all three in the series and gave them to my son for summer reading, knowing he will be exposed to good values and clean sci-fi fun.

Joan Marie Verba has a special way with words to let he reader get into the plot and see the movie being created on the pages! Five young men work with with their father to rescue people no one one else could reach. Verba describes the 115-foot-tall rocket reconnaissance craft and the International Rescue uniforms of turquoise jumpsuits with light blue sashes and turquoise boots so perfectly that all the images in the book come alive. The apple pie from start to finish makes you feel right at home with the Thunderbird's. A fun and fast read! Carra Riley Author of "Cosmic Cow Pie...Connecting The Dots" @CosmicCowPie [...]

This book is the Thunderbirds that we all know and love. Everyone is there from our childhood memories. For me the story wasn't long enough. If I have one complaint it is that I still prefer the books written by John Theydon back in the 1960's.