about the book
the big
light room
with so much apparent alien activity and presence on our planet, what would happen if an American actually took a swing at a UFO and “landed” a punch? Who in Washington would take that call? What would such a government agency look like? How would it function in such a crisis? How would the aliens respond? This is the nexus of this novel. This disaster occurs in Indiana’s Hoosier National Forest two weeks before a close Presidential election. The incumbent President tries to keep a lid on the events that start erupting in southern Indiana in the wake of the UFO’s destruction.
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Welcome to the exhilarating realm of Gregg Mcmanus, where reality meets sci-fi in surprising and enthralling ways. “The Bug Light Room” takes you on a journey through the tangled trap of government mysteries, extraterrestrial experiences, and the flexibility of normal individuals trapped in circumstances over their heads.
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about the author
Gregg Macmanus
Gregg Mcmanus was born and raised in Indiana, spending nearly half of his life in the Indianapolis region and half in Evansville. McManus earned a Bachelor’s Degree in history and political science from Butler University, a Master’s Degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Indiana University. He served as an assistant to U.S. Senator Birch Bayh (IN) in Washington during the Watergate era. He returned to Indiana to begin work over the next twenty-six years as manager, director or vice president of government & public affairs at Vectren Corporation and its predecessor companies, working with and lobbying federal, state and local officials on a wide variety of public policy issues. He traveled hundreds of times through southern Indiana on his way from Indianapolis to Evansville. Since 2004 he has taught over eighty courses in American History to the Present at the University of Evansville and the University of Southern Indiana. His interest in astronomy and the UFO phenomenon dates back to his childhood when he first observed the satellite “Sputnik” cross the night sky. Much of this book results from an application of his knowledge of government and public policy as it might be directed at the UFO phenomenon. Gregg and his wife Jane Hackett-McManus currently reside in Peterborough, New Hampshire, although they have kept their home in Indiana.
about the book
the big
light room
Enter the heart-pondering situation imagined by Gregg Mcmanus. At the huge expense of Indiana’s Hoosier National Forest, an opportunity experience between two residents and otherworldly art sets off a chain response of occasions that will test the restrictions of human understanding. As the incumbent President tries to contain the rising emergency only weeks before a critical election, a highly classified U.S. organization, ORA (Office of Retrieval and Analysis), attempts to beat the clock to uncover reality. Meanwhile, Indiana’s Lead representative Kasson tries to disentangle the secret for his own political addition. In the midst of blasts, firestorms, and strange passings, the destiny of humankind remains in a critical state.
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FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
Upon returning from a day of lobbying the Indiana General Assembly I watched a television program regarding alleged “alien abductions” of human beings. I wondered, if so many Americans are armed, why someone didn’t get a shot off at them? That prompted my imagination to ask, “What if someone landed a punch (against the aliens)? Who in Washington, D.C. would take that call? I began using my experience of twenty years in and interacting with the U.S. government to construct what might be a logical agency that really takes the subject of an alien presence seriously. Thus, the story was born.
First, we have numerous reports by people around the planet of their encounters with these beings. The majority of witnesses describe similar characteristics. Second, the Roswell incident appears to verify that alien spacecraft have visited our planet; even though the U.S. military may have attempted a coverup of the facts.
Although the depictions of aliens in motion pictures and science fiction literature like to focus on an apparent desire to destroy all of humanity, their presence here for decades or even hundreds of years doesn’t point to that goal. It probably lies in the qualities of planet earth, in its location, relatively hospitable environment and possibly assets that have attracted them.
Yes. The locations especially in Indiana are real. In fact, readers can find the places on a map and follow the plot. The only “fake” name is Wilhelm, a small town that is destroyed in the narrative.
I also used my twenty-five years of experience in and interacting with the state and federal government along with politics to incorporate real American life motives and thinking. The characters are entirely fictional, but developed over a long career of knowing and working with hundreds of political actors.
Yes. The two main protagonists who create the main crisis in the book are well-intentioned. But they get themselves into a situation that is “over their heads”.
They try to escape and hide at first. But cannot escape the consequences of what they have done. In their flight, they do grow as humans.
They even seem to redeem themselves with a kind of home spun heroism.
But they are also tragic figures.
The reader may also sense that the aliens are not quite the “ten-feet tall” indestructible monsters so often depicted in popular fiction. And there is a real possibility that if humanity worked together, we could adequately challenge the alien presence.
Yes. And the sequel addresses how the U.S. government (secretly) launches a global effort to effectively address the alien presence.
