Meteor Men by Jeff ParkerMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Meteor Men, by Jeff Parker, Sandy Jarrell, and Kevin Volo, is essentially a first contact/alien invasion story focusing on a lonely teen, Alden Baylor. Alden is an orphan, and when a series of strange meteors strike the planet, Alden finds one of them in a field he inherited when his parents passed away. It doesn't take long for Alden to figure out that there's more to the meteors than most people thought, and for the government to start investigating the reports of strange beings showing up across the globe.
This is mostly fun, but fairly predictable, YA sci-fi romp. The inevitable conclusion is obvious a long way off, and when the government types start butting in, it's not any big surprise how they react. Jarrell and Volo do a fine job making sure that the young characters actually look like young characters, and their approach to the aliens and alien speech works well. This is an entertaining enough read, but there's not much to make it a strong recommendation.
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