Alien Abduction
- 4.0 out of 5
- 538 ratings
- 437 pages
Overall Content Rating: Parents Strongly Cautioned PG-13
This is an adult-oriented thriller with a journalist narrator facing unemployment, family strain, and a dark mystery involving disappearance, suspicion, and cover-up. Dialogue between spouses and with a teenage son includes moderate profanity and some strong language; one fight is loud enough that another character tries to block it out. Parents should expect tense marital arguments, worry about illness and insurance, and crime-related subject matter including abduction, death, and questions about sexual violence, without the sampled language showing graphic physical harm or explicit sex. Insults like foolish and idiotic appear regularly; medical and forensic details appear in passing rather than as gore.
Reviews first uploaded October 7, 2026 9:15 am. Page updated October 7, 2026 9:15 am.
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Crude Mild
11Characters call ideas, choices, and themselves foolish or idiotic during stress and disagreements. The tone is name-calling and frustration rather than constant vulgar joking.
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Specific words
- stupid: 8
- idiot: 3
Fbombs Moderate
5A handful of strong sexual expletives appear in dialogue, including a loud parent–teen fight where one character repeats an aggressive phrase and another adult tells the teen to watch his language.
Amazon reviews mentioning swearing
Specific words
- fuck: 5
Profanity Moderate
39Swearing and insults show up across adult viewpoint chapters, especially around job loss, money, marriage, and parenting teens. Milder terms appear often; a few stronger religious-linked expletives and crude terms appear in arguments and internal monologue.
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Specific words
- hell: 24
- damn: 6
- shit: 4
- butt: 2
- goddamn: 2
- bastard: 1
Sex Mild
2There is no on-page explicit sexual activity in the sampled matches. Characters briefly discuss sexual assault as a possible explanation in a crime-and-investigation storyline, and one line uses assault language only as a metaphor about the environment.
Specific words
- rape: 1
- rapist: 1
About this book
WINNER, GLOBAL BOOK AWARDS 2022, SCIENCE FICTION "Gripping from start to finish. Captivating and entertaining. A fresh and original science fiction story. An irresistible mix of smart plotting, great characters, and compelling twists." -- Must Read Novels Review Aliens are real—and that’s just the lucky break Eddie Hart needs. Eddie couldn't have lost his job at a worse time. His family has been hit with a medical emergency and his son's and daughter's college tuition is looming over him. He’s broke, too old to start over, and desperate—until he discovers an unexpected solution to his troubles. An extraterrestrial solution. Aliens are here, and they’re hiring. Read more