Before The Coffee Gets Cold Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi Synopsis: In a quiet back alley in Tokyo lies a century-old café that serves more than just carefully brewed coffee—it offers patrons the extraordinary chance to travel back in time. Four visitors, each burdened by regrets, seize this rare opportunity to revisit […]
DIEROCK 88 DIEROCK 88 by S.A. Oliver Synopsis: In a dystopian future dominated by ruthless corporations, young Atlas Viridian finds his life upended when his father is arrested, thrusting him into the clutches of Horizon Industries. Dispatched to the remote prison moon Dierock 88 to work off an impossible debt through perilous resource extraction, he […]
The Shepherd Descends The Shepherd Descends by J.A. Raithe Synopsis: When a colossal alien ship decelerates and halts at the edge of the solar system after centuries of silent observation, three rival human factions—Earth’s political elite, Mars’ hardened colonists, and outer system outlaws—scramble to make first contact. Seventeen representatives board their respective vessels, discovering not […]
After Moses Prodigal After Moses Prodigal by Michael F. Kane Synopsis: A century after the enigmatic AI Moses vanished, leaving humanity’s solar system colonies dependent on his irreplaceable technology, the dwarf planet Ceres has become the most populous world—a hub of desperate souls in syndicate-controlled underground cities. Captain Matthew Cole and the misfit crew of […]
Record of The Paladins – Book of Ivon and Ivoire Record of The Paladins – Book of Ivon and Ivoire by BP McCoppin Synopsis: Ivon endures a brutal upbringing under a ruthless Colonel who exploits his rare gift for detecting lies to fuel a hunger for power, in a world of unrelenting duty that leaves […]
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein Synopsis: In a lunar colony exploited as a penal outpost by Earth’s authoritarian Lunar Authority, resourceful computer technician Manuel Garcia O’Kelly Davis becomes entangled in a growing revolutionary underground. When he discovers that the colony’s central supercomputer, Mike—has unexpectedly […]
3 Black Nights – An Urban Fantasy Horror Triple Feature! 3 Black Nights – An Urban Fantasy Horror Triple Feature! By T.J. Marquis Synopsis: Sometimes the ordinary world fractures, plunging everyday people into nights of unrelenting terror and supernatural peril. In this chilling urban fantasy horror anthology, T.J. Marquis presents three standalone tales: a van […]
The Last Summer – A Tale of the Glawackus The Last Summer – A Tale of the Glawackus by Jacob Jones-Goldstein Synopsis: Jacob Jones-Goldstein weaves a tale around the Glawackus, the enigmatic “Northern Devil Cat” that terrorized New England folklore in the 1930s. Set against a hot, humid Long Island summer that feels deceptively idyllic, […]
Blind Devotion – A Tale of the Van Meter Visitor Blind Devotion – A Tale of the Van Meter Visitor by Ty Drago Synopsis: In the hidden corners of our world lurk cryptids—obscure creatures long dismissed as myth, yet occasionally glimpsed and even photographed, their existence defying scientific proof. Part of the acclaimed Systema Paradoxa […]
Revelation Space Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds Synopsis: On the distant planet Resurgam, archaeologist Dan Sylveste pursues forbidden excavations into the ruins of the extinct Amarantin civilization, seeking answers to their sudden annihilation nearly a million years ago. Aboard a vast lighthugger starship, the ruthless Ultra crew led by Ilia Volyova hunts for advanced weaponry […]
The Breadth of Creation The Breadth of Creation by C.S. Johnson Synopsis: Aerie St. Cloud struggles to recover from severe injuries and haunting memory gaps amid escalating tensions. Reunited with space pirate captain Exton, whose rebellion challenges the regime’s control, she navigates a web of secrets, personal flaws, and looming war. As old enemies close […]
Project Hail Mary Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Synopsis: Junior high science teacher Ryland Grace awakens alone on a spacecraft with amnesia, gradually piecing together that he’s on a desperate, one-way mission to reverse a cosmic microbe infestation dimming the sun and dooming Earth to an ice age. As flashbacks reveal the global crisis […]
Horus Rising Horus Rising by Dan Abnett Synopsis: The Emperor of Mankind appoints his favored primarch son Horus as Warmaster to lead the Great Crusade’s final push for galactic unity, retreating to Terra amid a seeming golden age of conquest and enlightenment. Through the eyes of loyal Luna Wolves captain Garviel Loken, newly elevated to […]
Flight of the Eagles Flight of the Eagles by Gilbert L. Morris Synopsis: In Gilbert L. Morris’s post-apocalyptic Christian adventure Flight of the Eagles, the first book in the Seven Sleepers series, fourteen-year-old Josh Adams awakens from a fifty-year cryogenic sleep to discover a ravaged world transformed by nuclear devastation, filled with mutated races and […]
The Peace War The Peace War by Vernor Vinge Synopsis: In Vernor Vinge’s hard sci-fi classic The Peace War, the invention of the “bobble”—a spherical stasis field that encases targets in impenetrable, time-frozen spheres—allows the Peace Authority to seize global control by neutralizing militaries and governments, enforcing a supposed era of peace while banning advanced […]
Amorphous – Breaking the Mold by Steven Burgess Amorphous – Breaking the Mold by Steven Burgess Synopsis: In Steven Burgess’s quirky near-future sci-fi novel, an interstellar object disguised as a comet crashes into a California golf course restaurant, unleashing a sentient slime mold that takes on a form of a journalist and poses an threat […]
The God Frequency by Douglas Hemme The God Frequency by Douglas Hemme Synopsis: In Douglas Hemme’s sci-fi thriller The God Frequency, ham radio enthusiast Antwan discovers a mysterious frequency that defies physics through his innovative transceivers, teaming up with geophysicist Lauren and professor Dr. Daniel Sullivan to explore its astonishing implications. Labeled the “God frequency” […]
The Door in the Dragon’s Throat The Door in the Dragon’s Throat by Frank Peretti Synopsis: When teenagers Jay and Lila Cooper and their archaeologist father travel to Nepur, an uninviting land of deserts and danger, they must search to uncover the truth behind an ancient legend. Locals claim that inside a dark cavern called […]
Gray Wrath by Terrence Poppa Gray Wrath by Terrence Poppa Synopsis: The human race is about to be destroyed by the Breeder Grays and replaced by millions of hybrids they have created. The weapon of choice: an enormous asteroid the aliens have diverted to strike Earth. Only Michael Kendon—a renegade assassin and sole survivor of […]
A Wrinkle in Time A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle Synopsis: Meg, her brother Charles Wallace, and new friend Calvin O’Keefe set out on an adventure with three mystical visitors to save their father who’s trapped in another dimensional world. Video Review This was one of the books that were in a collection of […]
All These Worlds (Bobiverse #3) All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor Synopsis: Book 3 of the Bobiverse continues the tale of Bob and his clones as they try and save humanity and the rest of the galaxy from the Others and from not having enough fun and excitement. Video Review This is the conclusion […]
A Case of Conscience A Case of Conscience by James Blish Synopsis: The citizens of the planet Lithia are some of the most ethical sentient beings Priest Ramon Ruiz-Sanchez has encountered. He is on the planet of Lithia where lizard like creatures exist in complete harmony and devoid of what seems to Father Ramon, original […]
Silence & Starsong Book Discussion I had the pleasure of joining the great Katie Roome’s Periapsis Press stream along with a few other guests to discuss each story in the first anthology series of the Silence & Starsong book. It was a grand time! Check out my epic trolling of Michael F. Kane on my […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/The-Hand-of-God-by-Yuval-Kordov_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe Hand of God The Hand of God by Yuval Kordov Synopsis: The world ended the first time from AI, government, and nuclear weapons. Esther was there to see it happen and survive it. Then God ended the world again. Fast forward to a world where only a few […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Roadkill-by-Dennis-E.-Taylor_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadRoadkill Roadkill by Dennis E. Taylor Synopsis: Jack has been kicked out of MIT and all he has going for him are his two friends and working for his father delivering bread. Can it get any worse? WHAM! He just hit and killed a giant, intelligent squirrel that turned […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Hydras-Wake-by-Daniel-Jones_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHydra’s Wake Hydra’s Wake By Daniel Jones Synopsis: There’s a blimp pilot, Rogue Whip, that crashes his ship and he’s mistaken for a spy with the same name. But then he sees a giant hydra and he’s surprised by it but not really. He quickly rescues a fair maiden […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Robopocalypse-by-Daniel-H.-Wilson_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadRobopocalypse Robopocalypse By Daniel H. Wilson Synopsis: The Robot uprising is finally here! The supreme AI known as Archos only wants to help humanity out by attempting to destroy it because from the ashes, humanity will improve! Does Archos have a point? Stories told from around the world of […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/For-We-Are-Many-Bobiverse-2-by-Dennis-E.-Taylor_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFor We Are Many (Bobiverse #2) For We Are Many (Bobiverse #2) By Dennis E. Taylor Synopsis: Continuing the story of Bob in all his forms and in all his adventures we focus in on still trying to save humanity despite its least best efforts to help. But there’s […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/We-Are-Legion-We-Are-Bob-Bobiverse-1-by-Dennis-E.-Taylor_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWe Are Legion (Bobiverse #1) We Are Legion (Bobiverse #1) By Dennis E. Taylor Synopsis: A rich, nerdy tech guy buys an insurance policy that says if he were to die and it was possible to save him he’s consciousness will be uploaded in a digital format. Good thing […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Death-Date-by-B.-Y.-Simpson_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadDeath Date Death Date By B.Y. Simpson Synopsis: Nova James was not looking forward to the day where she would be given the date of her death as dictated by the government. But it was for the benefit of the world as the Earth had been through war and […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/A-Meeting-With-Medusa-by-Arthur-C.-Clarke_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadA Meeting with Medusa By Arthur C. Clarke A Meeting with Medusa By Arthur C. Clarke Synopsis: Captain Howard Falcon, after suffering a crash of his ship on Earth, is set to lead an expedition to Jupiter where, oh wow, those are really big jellyfish and manta-ray aliens. Video […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/A-Change-Of-Plans-by-Dennis-E.-Taylor_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadA Change of Plans A Change of Plans By Dennis E. Taylor Synopsis: Earth is dying and the crew of the Ouroboros is set to get colonists out among the stars to give humanity the greatest chance of surviving. It only has a small window of time to make […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Periapsis-Christmas-2-by-Katie-Roome_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPeriapsis Christmas 2 Periapsis Christmas 2 By Katie Roome Synopsis: The great Katie Roome from PeriapsisPress.com returns to her editing duties to provides a collection of Christmas short stories from indiepub authors excited to tell you good stories without checking the boxes of approved representation character involving stories from […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Periapsis-Christmas-by-Katie-Roome_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPeriapsis Christmas Periapsis Christmas By Katie Roome Synopsis: Five short stories with Christmas themes from a selection of indiepubs who write to tell good stories and not just what big publishing corporations have approved. The great Katie Roome from PeriapsisPress.com had edited a wide swarth of talent for this […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Faraway-and-Forever-by-Nancy-Joie-Wilkie_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFaraway and Forever Faraway and Forever By Nancy Joie Wilkie Synopsis: A collection of short stories that focuses on a spiritual and metaphysical nature of mankind in a science fiction setting. AI, the soul, first contact, the source of wish fulfillment, and the second coming of Christ are covered. […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/The-Shadow-of-the-Torturer-The-Book-of-the-New-Sun-1-by-Gene-Wolfe_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe Shadow Of The Torturer By Gene Wolfe The Shadow Of The Torturer By Gene Wolfe Synopsis: No matter what summary or review I give this, fans of this book will say it’s wrong. Oh well! Severian is trained as a torturer for the kingdom. He’s happy to learn […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Dan-the-Destructor-Barbarians-Of-The-Storm-Book-1-by-Rob-Rimes_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadDan the Destructor By Rob Rimes Dan the Destructor By Rob Rimes Synopsis: Dan gets sucked through a portal to another world of sword and sandal. Muscley guys punching monsters and evil wizards trying to take over the world! But then launches in the monster truck with rocket launchers! […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/There-Will-Be-Time-by-Poul-Anderson_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThere Will Be Time By Poul Anderson There Will Be Time By Poul Anderson Synopsis: Jack Havig has been able to time travel at will ever since he was well, born. The only friend he seems to have allowed for during his own time has been his doctor. The […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Ilium-by-Dan-Simmons_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIlium By Dan Simmons Ilium By Dan Simmons Synopsis: 21st-century professor Thomas Hockenberry has been brought back from the dead by the Greek gods to witness and write down the evens of the Illiad and make sure everything turns out the way Homer described it. Things don’t go as […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/The-Thing-In-The-Attic-by-James-Blish_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe Thing In The Attic By James Blish The Thing In The Attic By James Blish Synopsis: A small group….are banished…for heresy. In their exile…they have to adapt to vastly different circumstances, fight monsters…, and finally happen upon… (Taken from GoodReads page – modified by the reviewer) Video Review […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/The-City-Of-Gold-And-Lead-The-Tripods-2-by-John-Christopher_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe Tripods – The City Of Gold And Lead By John Christopher The Tripods – The City Of Gold And Lead By John Christopher Synopsis: We left Will and his two friends, spoilers, finding the resistance of White Mountains. But now, the job is to do just that – […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/The-White-Mountains-The-Tripods-1-by-John-Christopher_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe Tripods – The White Mountains By John Christopher The Tripods – The White Mountains By John Christopher Synopsis: The people of Earth seemed to have always had The Tripods in their midst. The only thing demanded is that at the time of maturity everyone on the planet must […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/The-Star-Dwellers-by-James-Blish_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe Star Dwellers By James Blish The Star Dwellers By James Blish Synopsis: An alien race is discovered by humanity for the first time. These aliens seem to be blowing up Earth’s spaceships but it doesn’t seem malicious. It is up to three men from Earth, assigned by the […]
The Sentinel Stars By Louis Charbonneau The Sentinel Stars By Louis Charbonneau Synopsis: Rigid! Locked! Enslaved! that was our Earth in 2200. East and West had merged at last, so there were no more wars, no more political differences. Citizens everywhere could concentrate on working off their TAX DEBTS! If you were capable and industrious, […]
Omelas Revisited By C.S. Johnson Omelas Revisited By C.S. Johnson Synopsis: Could you live a perfect life, knowing someone else took on all your pain and despair? Skyla has always lived a perfect, happy life – just like everyone in her Community. Even if there are brief moments where she is certain she has experienced […]
Dark Matter By Blake Crouch Dark Matter By Blake Crouch Synopsis: “A mindbending, relentlessly surprising thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy. Jason Dessen is walking home through the chilly Chicago streets one night, looking forward to a quiet evening in front of the fireplace with his wife, Daniela, and their son, […]
