The following review was contributed by: PAUL LAPPEN

Everyone ""knows"" that life on Earth started due to alien infestation. This novel shows how it was done.

The planet Atlantis has spent millennia working on other planets throughout the galaxy, helping their native civilizations to survive and thrive. For various reasons, the planet Earth was passed over seven times in the past. Finally, approval was given and an observation base was set up on the far side of Earth's moon.

First of all, Earth's orbit and atmosphere had to be stabilized, with help from meteors that were made to hit the planet. Atlanteans are a very long-lived species; life spans of several hundred years are common. It was hoped to slow down Earth's orbit to the point where five Earth years would equal one Atlantean year. To a human, Atlanteans might as well be immortal.

As time goes on, the Atlanteans realize that humans are not like the other species they have encountered in the past. Humans have this surprising need for procreation, which might go along with their short (to an Atlantean) life span. Many attempts are made, sometimes in person, to guide various groups or tribes in this or that direction. Occasionally, an Atlantean will spend years among a certain group of people and start to ""go native."" At one point, a group of Atlanteans spend a large amount of time procreating with humans, and create a group of alien/human hybrids, a potential disaster. For the Atlanteans, it almost reaches the point of hoping that Earth doesn't (figuratively) explode in their faces.

The various civilizations that have risen and fallen on Earth have all been influenced by the Atlanteans (Sumer, Akkad, Egypt, Crete, etc.). Among the people who have met the aliens are Noah (whose descendants populated much of that part of the world), Sargon, Socrates and Abram. The book ends with a ship being sent from Atlantis to see just what has been happening. They are disgusted by much of what they find, especially two cities that are full of immorality and contagious disease, cities that must be dealt with. The cities are Sodom and Gomorrah.

Ancient history enthusiasts will love this book. For everyone else, this book belongs somewhere in that large gray area of Pretty Good or Worth Reading. The reading is a little on the slow side, but it's worth the reader's time.