The Rapture Effect

The Rapture Effect is a novel by Jeffrey A. Carver published by Tor Books in 1987.

Plot summary
The Rapture Effect is a novel in which an Earth fleet comes to the Argus system to colonize, while an alien society searches there to find its lost ancestors.

Reception
J. Michael Caparula reviewed The Rapture Effect in Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer No. 85. Caparula commented that "the author seems to have been trying to do too much, and sacrificed a good story in the process. A lot of dress-up ideas with nowhere to go."

Kirkus Reviews states "Solid storytelling, then, after some initial silliness, and plenty of narrative drive--especially where the aliens are concerned--despite the thin, implausible characters and a general air of ho-hum familiarity."

Reviews

 * Review by Dan Chow (1987) in Locus, #314 March 1987
 * Review by Bob Howe (1987) in Fantasy Review, June 1987
 * Review by Tom Easton (1987) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, August 1987
 * Review by Janice M. Eisen (1988) in Aboriginal Science Fiction, September-October 1988
 * Review by Ken Brown (1988) in Interzone, #26 November-December 1988