The Overtaking: (The Overtaking Series)

This book is very good, but it stops with telling you the second book will be out soon, i think they shouldnt have them to read if you cant finish it. My problem is by the time it comes out I will probably have forgotten the first one

The Overtaking is an inspired young adult novel in the realm of Hunger Games style. It was easy to like the main character, Shayne, and after Danielle wised up, it became easy to like her too. There was a decent story to this that left you wondering what will happen as you read it. I found when I was finished I wanted to read the next one instantly, only to find it wasnt out yet. Kudos to Lieske for the creativeness in this novel and boo for making us wait!

I was very impressed with this book. Had me hooked from the beginning. No frustrating, obvious grammatical errors that I have found prominent in most self-published books. The author focuses on the story and the romance without focusing on or involving sex. Making it appropriate for any age. I cant wait for book two! Not being a patient person, I hope its soon.

I bought the book last year at a conference and just got around to reading it...it only took three evenings. Once I started the book, I didnt want to put it down. The concept of an alien invasion taking place where the people are abducted, memories changed and placed into a dome to live their lives. As the book progresses, we discover that the earthlings have various powers and they are not on earth. Later there are other discoveries...no need for a spoiler alert. This is an excellent book and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys science fiction, human interaction and a story with enough twists and turns to keep you turning the page from start to finish.

I loved Lieskes first book Not What She Seems so when I saw this new book I knew I had to try it out too. I am so glad I did because this was such a fun, different, unique, refreshing read. This book has it all, some mystery, some romance, some action, some paranormal, great setting, great characters, I could go on and on. I am so excited to see what happens next with Shayne and Danielle and all their friends!

There was continued excitement thru-out the book. Lieske made the end of each chapter a comment or some other way of leaving you hanging with What is going to happen now.? It encouraged me to get reading to the next chapter to find out what did happen next. Easy to read and fits the category of a good youth reader! But left me again, hanging at the end, unsure of what will happen next. Because it is probably meant to lead us into a second volume - It ended very quick and with a sad feeling of despair.

I love it when I find a book that leaves me hankering for more. It was definitely a fun, exciting read that kept me wanting to know whats going to happen next. Im looking forward to the second book in this series and am also planning to explore other books written by this author.

It was really really really good. I love the idea. I cant wait for the next book in the overtaking series!

People started disappearing. It was discovered Dykens were kidnapping the Maslonian citizens, memory resequencing them and locating them in a Holodome which duplicates life as it appeared in the 21st-century earth. All of the Maslonians had all their memories erased and replaced with entirely new memories ensuring they were on eath. Little did they know earth had actually been destroyed by war, now little left but scorched and desolate, no vegetation, everything has been destroyed. To venture out of their Holodome for any length of time gas masks are a necessity. The general population of Dykens also had their memories replaced by resequencing and are convinced Maslonian was actually involved in a devastating world war, on the verge of destruction. They have pledged their lives to save other worlds from what they have witnessed happening to the earth. The elite few know what is really happening. General Stott and Trenton Madison have actually deceived everyone else to their plans. Maslonians all have special powers besides being able to read minds. The Deken technology is highly advanced, they have cloaking devices which is what they used to kidnap the 27,465 citizens they have located in the Holodome until they can use their shuttles to strip the planet of minerals and vegetation to supply life back to earth. Things escalated quickly and certain citizens are regaining their powers. One is Shayne Bartlet who is an extremely powerful telepath and has other powers developing. The Dykens have stationed some of their soldiers in the Holodome acting as roommates to the Maslonians to monitor that they believe they are attending classes at an elite private college, when needed they log into their computers and update the higher-ups as to the behavior of the citizens. Danielle explains to Shayne what she believes as to why they have invaded Maslonian. After Brady, Shayne Dakens roommate also realizes that when they landed there was no sign of destruction or that anyone was possessed with so much hate of their fellow man that they were going to wipe out civilization. What they all believed could not be true, they started to assist Danielle and Shayne to gain some of the Dyken weapons and technology to try to free the people living in the Holodome, thinking it is the 21st-century.

This was an awesome sci-fi novel! I raced through it! I loved the premise and the twists and the characters. However, I just found out it was written 11 years ago and the rest of the series obviously hasn’t followed. I’m devastated!