"A disturbing and highly entertaining piece of fiction."
Dreamwatch
"The adventure and intrigue rattle on at a fine pace."
UFO Magazine
"Pope keeps you guessing to the end."
SFX
This book and its prequel, Operation Thunder Child, are the only two science fiction novels ever to have gone through the security vetting procedure at the Ministry of Defence, on the basis that Nick Pope was involved not just in official government research and investigation into the UFO phenomenon, but in highly classified work on the Gulf War and other operations. Operation Lightning Strike is a fast-paced action thriller written in the style of Tom Clancy, but dealing with themes more commonly found in The X-Files. If you want to know what would really happen if we faced an alien invasion, this book tells the story.