Independence Day

Independence Day by Devlin, Dean. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780061052552.

It came out of deep space, an alien ship one-fourth the size of our moon, protected by an impenetrable force field, destroying the earths biggest cities with cold, methodical precision. One by one, they went down: New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles ... no one knew how to stop it, no one knew exactly what it was. The army was powerless, President Whitmore was stunned, and the people were beginning to panic. Enter a raging team of unsuspecting heroes who know survival isnt the main thing, its the only thing. David Levinson, a cable man and gifted hacker who could tap into any computer system and stand it on its ear in minutes; Jasmine Dubrow, whos not only an exotic dancer, but a gutsy single mom who would kill an alien barefisted to save her young son; Russell Casse, a broken-down crop duster with a weakness for Jack Daniels and hopeless causes, and Marine Captain Steven Hiller, a frustrated would-be astronaut whos got the right stuff and knows it. Although they dont know it, the fate of whats left of the world depends on them. It will take their combined grit, intelligence, and courage to survive, and to uncover a devastating UFO secret that has been hidden from the public for over forty years.