I laughed cover to cover! The characters are, well, CHARACTERS! And then some. It's a fun read with a timely message.

Jonah, a delightful adventure, is novelist Dana Redfield's latest offering. It's the story of how Jonah Quiller Mahoney and Zion Rose discovered themselves and each other.

Zion arrived on Earth from Zalos, via Geshlama, through a miscalculation made when she was eleven years old. She was found wandering in the desert and eventually adopted by a woman named Jo. She grew into a very beautiful, if eccentric, woman who never quite fits in.

Jonah, who changed his name from John, fled Dallas and his Porsche, keeping only his infant daughter, Coral Kay. He settled in the Four Corners area of the southwest, where he runs a local watering hole named the Coffee Talk, and lives in the home left in his care by Jo. One night Jonah prays for a wife.

He isn't particularly specific in his requirements--he'd like companionship, and he also needs someone to help mother his very precocious five-year-old daughter. Zion arrives the next morning.

Jonah also begins receiving extraterrestrial visitors, among them a huge purple owl that leaves a tattoo of a rose on his arm. Zion experiences moments of extreme clarity, in which she understands all there is to understand, but forgets it by morning. Jonah can handle this--but does have a problem when Zion doesn't remember having made love to him.

In desperation, Jonah goes alone to Star Rock, a secret place. He accidently opens a vortex and is transported into an extraterrestrial adventure. He learns many things, including the meaning of love. What he'd really like to know, however, is how to get back home.

Redfield takes the Biblical story of Jonah and the whale, and combines it with science fiction, futuristic vision, and romance to create a complex and exciting story. "Full of wit, fantastic settings, and a dead-on dialogue, Jonah is Redfield at her best."

Dana Redfield's ET-Human Link, may widen your concept of spiritual visitation. Although raised as a devout Mormon, over many years Redfield felt the presence of extra-terrestrials. "I use the term ET to mean the Other Folk, whether space age dandies bedecked in Star Trek garb, the rogue alien gooks of abduction, feathered friends of biblical yore, or balls of blue or gold light. 'Celestial ancestors' best fits my perception of the ones with whom I have conversed or interacted..." Following stressful broken marriages, a caring boy friend gave her a New Testament, the Living Bible version. "That night I read the gift Bible, and felt a spark of hope. I read about a Jesus I had never heard about in church. This Jesus spoke right to me; I was one of the wretched he loved." Throughout her contacts with space people she did not lose her religion. Some years later she would write: "Heaven is where it always was, not in the sky, but within us. Rocket ships are flying cathedrals with astronauts as the new high priests. We enter a cathedral and feel God's vibes. An astronaut inside his rocket ship as much feels the God vibration. God is not out there; we take God into cathedrals and into rocket ships. We feel God's presence, because God is present everywhere, and in everyone." "The soul is in journey; your insurance against real manipulation is to seek to live by the signals from the 'heart.' This your closest connection to that which is love-or God, or Great Spirit-your highest concept of goodness, mercy, truth, justice, joy, freedom, beauty, and well-being. The way to these qualities is always open to all who seek them."

Award-winning author Dana Redfield has written extensively about alien abduction. In her latest book, The ET-Human Link, she not only describes alien contact, but delves deeply into what it means.

A lifetime of questioning, examining, and exploring has led her to conclude that "so what if I'm ET? If I am, it must be true for all humans, because I am as human as anyone." That leads her to the real question: what is a human? Answering that will also answer the question of what is an alien.

"I am writing this book," she says, "to give a voice to other ET-humans. To let you know that you are not the only one who suspects that you are more than human-not of this world." She describes herself as a "messenger," passing on knowledge received from the "Other Folk" and often doesn't understand the information she's given. She includes some of the messages verbatim, trusting that those from whom they're meant will see and recognize their meaning.

She writes lyrically about what it feels like to be an "extraterrestrial soul in a human body." She also draws upon her extensive research into ancient history, religion, mythology, science, and the accounts of others who've had alien contact, to offer new insights into the purpose of earthly life.

Redfield says that we're about to undergo a massive change, one for which the whole universe is preparing. Our challenge is to become aware of who and what we truly are, and to practice such time-honored principles as loving our neighbors as ourselves. We're instructed to prepare the way for the "golden children," mature souls who know true freedom, "for that is your legacy-to create a home for your souls, and all the living creatures born to your care."

"The ET-Human Link is a compelling work on a topic that may redefine humankind's perception of ourselves, our history, and the universe we live in." It's must reading not only for those who've experienced alien contact, but also for those who've ever wondered just what being human means.

This is one of the worst books I've ever read. It reads like the ramblings of a mental patient. I've read other books about UFOs that were very interesting but this book is terrible. It's so disjointed I can't believe someone published it. Don't buy this book.

If the previous review has not convinced you, my brief note might do. One of the best UFO related books ever written in my 31 years of reading, both in contents and style, you need it to try to ascertain what is going on, and what is being let known. Instead of other, try this.

Dana Redfield's personal account of alien abuduction is so haunting and thought-provoking that this book will have you thinking long after you put it down. Redfield shares not only her story but also transcribed messages received over several years of alien encounters. These messages challenged what I believed (or did not believe) about aliens, but more importantly, what I want to believe about who we are, where we come from, and where we are going.

Regardless of what you choose to believe in the end, Summoned proposes both important questions and some very intriguing answers. It is frightening not so much for what is "alien" but for what is hauntingly familiar.

Kudos to Redfield for having the courage to write this book.