SAUCER

At six cassettes, this modest but engaging story about an ancient flying saucer discovered during a geological survey doesn’t overstay its welcome. Also helping things along is Dick Hill’s breezy reading, which mixes just the right amount of gravity and tongue-in-cheek delivery for this light adventure. Hill invests humanity and humor in young adventurer Rip Cantrell and his friends as they attempt to keep the saucer’s advanced technology from falling into the wrong hands. Coonts has a sizable following as a reliable writer of involving techno-thrillers, and this is a good way to try out one of his works. J.P.M. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC 02/ JAN 03]