(Editor’s note: To The Stars provided this site with a copy of the book prior to release for review.)
The new fiction book from the To The Stars team of Tom DeLonge and A.J. Hartley works well in both ways; as a standalone story or as part of a possible shared universe/ part of the “Sekret Machines” fiction franchise. The events of “Trinity” could possibly be based on lesser-known cases.
“Trinity” is another example of To The Stars efforts of a soft disclosure via fiction, which embeds evidence, anecdotes, and real-life events DeLonge learned with his other To The Stars team when they were helping bring the UAP topic to credibility to the audiences of the world governments and mainstream consciousness. The fun part for the reader (especially those who are into the UAP topic) is to try to follow the breadcrumbs in the text and make the connections to what is real and what is fictionalized. The team of DeLonge and Hartley work well again here, as Hartley is able to craft compelling narratives based around DeLonge’s imagination and his insider information.
The novel takes place in Trinity, Nevada in 1962 around an area and time of nuclear exploration in the area, Van Lopez is met with many challenges from mysterious anomalous lights in the sky, dreams that haunt him, and a dangerous agent on his trail. There are common themes of social outcasts, and class hierarchy that have been used often (maybe too often) in DeLonge’s other works like “Poet Anderson” and “Monsters of California.” The book is heavy on the characters , the town and the time period- it takes up 160 pages i for the story to fully kick into gear- rather paranormal occurrences. The UFO incident in the book serves as a common theme in TTS recent efforts of showing that extraordinary events could be life changing in many ways.
What could “Trinity” be referencing in regards to UAP events is up for debate. There will be obvious Roswell comparisons, but the book could be based on an obscure/ alleged incident in Needles,Calif., which is very close to Nevada. In a previous punkrockandufos story, a researcher even claimed to find wreckage that is exactly the same way the crash material in “Trinity is described .
“The Needles crash mostly remains as an underrated incident. Hayes was able to interview people in the small desert town that borders Nevada, and believes the post-crash military presence was effective in quieting the people of Needles and “encouraging” them to forget about the whole thing. ”- Read the full interview and see images of alleged crashed material from Needles crash.
Between “Trinity,” DeLonge’s film “Monsters of California,” and the fictional and non-fiction “Sekret Machines series,” To The Stars is craving a nice niche of a once niche topic to help bring UAP history into various mediums.
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By MIKE DAMANTE
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