Title: High marks for intense plot and scientific imagination
Product review: _The Forge of God_ was an astoundingly good book. Bear writes science fiction much in the way Tom Clancy writes spy fiction: with rich descriptions and detail, and complicated plots that lead the reader through even the heftiest of volumes with ease. _The Forge of God_ relates the story of alien machines landing on Earth. Fortunately, Bear doesn't succumb to the basic "Good Earth people defeat the evil alien invaders" plotline; instead, the reader is left guessing as to just whom are the heroes and villains in the novel. It can get scientifically involved in places, especially when describing theoretical transportation modes based on quantum physics. Nevertheless, the characters were well-formed and realistic. As with all Bear's works (Blood Music, especially) _The Forge of God_ has a highly atypical ending that left me very satisfied and refreshed by its ingenuity
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