The Orion Protocol

By Gary Tigerman

Book Overview

1958: The Eisenhower-commissioned Brookings Reportrecommends that any future discovery of extraterrestrialintelligence be kept secret from the public. 1968: Congress grants NASA the power to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380976706
• ISBN13: 9780380976706
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

What a ride!

Charges forward from the first page. More political thriller than sci-fi, this first novel hurtles to a fascinating conclusion. Tigerman's style is cinematic, full of cross-cutting and tight, well-crafted scenes. A terrific first effort! Where's the next one?

Move Over da Vinci code

I heard about this thriller on a TV show in November.When I got it, I couldn't put it down.Tigerman is definitely politically savvy, funny, and no pushover to conspiracy theorists.You'll definitely be wondering 'How much of this is true,' and at the back you'll find out plenty!

The Ultimate White-Knuckle Thriller

Gary Tigerman's debut science fiction novel, THE ORION PROTOCOL, is so good it should come with hot buttered popcorn.THE ORION PROTOCOL is everything a science fiction novel should be and thensome. Tigerman's main characters, former Apollo astronauts Commander Jake Deaver and Colonel Augie Blake, nearly 30 years after NASA's final voyage to the Moon in 1973, have kept silent about their findings until journalist Angela Browning receives a mysterious computer disk from an anonymous source.The disk reveals images of Mars believed to be taken from the Mars Observer, an actual spacecraft sent to explore the surface of the Red Planet in 1992. While NASA reported that the spacecraft, manned by scientists at Kennedy Space Center, was lost due to an explosion, Tigerman's book sheds new light on the possibility of a conspiracy by the U.S. government concerning the real story behind the lost orbital.This fascinating novel isn't just about unrevealed findings on the Moon or top secret images taken from Mars; it is also the unveiling of Project Orion, a supposed space defense system posing as an innocuous satellite. The book speaks volumes to conspiracy theorists in terms of America's efforts from the start of NASA to do whatever it takes to shed from the public the possibility of extraterrestrial life forms inhabiting other planets, namely the Moon or Mars.As far back as the Eisenhower administration in 1958, at the dawn of NASA, the Brookings Report, a blue-ribbon study approved by Congress and authored by Margaret Meade, stated that any type of extraterrestrial intelligence could impose chaos to the American public. At the end of the novel, Tigerman includes a note from the author about his subsequent factual findings during his research that keeps the conspiracy wheels churning.Furthermore, THE ORION PROTOCOL touches on the subject of a free press in America and how the press has to fight like dogs to get the truth from the federal government as portrayed by Browning's character. The author, a screenwriter living in Los Angeles, also does a remarkable job with the dialogue --- particularly near the novel's gripping and powerful end --- making this tale the ultimate white-knuckle thriller. --- Reviewed by David Exum

Cool new conspiracy thriller --- politics meets SciFi

Gary Tigerman's first novel zips along, pulling you right with it. His punchy style combines Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code" with a little Ross MacDonald. It's loads of fun to watch as he expertly peels back the layers of this fascinating, topical onion of a story. More political than SciFi, but enough of each that those of us who enjoy both genres have plenty to keep us turning those pages. Great book. You'll have a blast.

strong science fiction conspiracy tale

The new American president is still trying to comprehend the true reason for launching Project Orion, the so called strategic defense shield. At about the same time TV hostess of PBS's award winning Science Horizon Angela Browning receives a strange package containing pictures of archeological ruins on Mars sent by the lost Mars Observer probe that vanished in 1993. Angela is stone walled by government agencies as she tries to learn the truth about the photosExasperated Angela turns to moon walker Jake Deaver for help. Though he would prefer to remain anonymous, Jake agrees to help the science reporter learn the truth about the alleged ruins. They soon find themselves in danger as they begin to unravel a cover-up much greater than Roswell or Spielberg imagined and the true reason for launching Project Orion.Science fiction conspiracy buffs will have a field day with Gary Tigerman's tale that cleverly intermingles real events from the past several decades with a major effort to "protect" people from the truth. The story line jumps back forth in time and geography more often than Sam Beckett leaped yet in some weird way that augments the conspiracy theory. The action never slows down as even the afterward author's notes hook the audience into believing that the White House regardless of party affiliation knows more than they let on so that believers will think Mr. Tigerman is a brilliant reporter exposing the truth while action thriller readers will say all's "welles" that ends well whether it is radio or TV.Harriet Klausner