| Title | : | Bridgers Box Set: Books 1-3 |
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| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | - |
| Publication | : | Published December 10, 2018 |
Bridgers 1: The Lure of Infinity
Some worlds are better left alone.
Infinity Fowler has been fighting all her life. As a child, she had to fight for survival. Then she fought professionally. But when humans obtained the technology to bridge to alternate versions of Earth, she saw a chance for a new life. She signed up to become a bridger—an elite fighter and survival expert who protects tourists bridging to alternate worlds.
Desmond Weaver is a tourist making a last-ditch effort to complete his PhD in evolutionary biology. He has booked the excursion of a lifetime, a data collection mission to a vastly different version of Earth. If he fails, his career will be over.
Infinity is Desmond’s assigned trainer and bridger. She is one of the best, willing to die protecting tourists. And also willing to kill. When it’s time to bridge, Desmond and his two college roommates feel well prepared. But they aren’t. Naked and weaponless, on an extraordinary world teeming with lethal predators, the team becomes entangled in a life-and-death struggle more terrifying than anything they could ever have imagined.
Bridgers 2: The Cost of Survival
How far would you go to save the human species? Heart to blood, muscle to bone, tourist flesh above my own. It’s the bridgers’ directive: risk your own life to save tourists bridging to alternate worlds. Bridger Infinity Fowler has no qualms about the directive. Risking death is just what bridgers do. But now the earth is dying. Bridgers have a new directive—save as many humans as possible, even if some must be sacrificed in the process. Sacrificing lives is not what Infinity signed up for.
Desmond Weaver, determined to help save the human species, has volunteered to be Infinity’s partner. He has ingenuity and grit, but is this enough to make it as a bridger? Their mission: bridge 718 refugees to a new world and establish a colony. If the world is occupied, avoid conflict and learn to coexist.
Once bridging begins, there is no turning back. The new world is indeed occupied, but not by humans, and avoiding conflict isn’t so easy. As violence erupts, Infinity and Desmond realize they may have only one hope of saving the colony—sacrificing refugees they have sworn to protect.
Bridgers 3: The Voice of Reason
A devastated world. A desperate colony.
As Earth’s destruction approaches, bridgers Infinity Fowler and Desmond Weaver wrestle with the fact that eight billion people are about to die. While on the road to see Desmond’s mother one last time, they witness chaos like nothing they’ve ever seen.
Infinity and Desmond must fight their way back to SafeTrek to fulfill their primary duty—saving the human species. Their next mission: bridge 718 civic leaders to an alternate world. They'll then have thirty-six hours to help the refugees find their place in this new world, after which the bridgers will return to SafeTrek—assuming the building hasn't collapsed.
But when the bridgers and refugees arrive, they don’t find the civilized world they had expected. Instead, they find a ravaged planet where humans are forced to live in caves and fight for scraps. They discover creatures that shouldn’t exist and weapons that do worse than kill.
Bridgers Box Set: Books 1-3 Reviews
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“Every world is paradise to some creatures and hell to others. You just have to be the right creature. Humans aren’t powerful or indestructible, but we are adaptable. That’s our strength.” Stan has a prodigious imagination! Each installment is more gripping, gritty, with fascinating fearsome creatures, filling you with trepidation, edge of the seat and nerve wrecking scenes. Fast paced with no respite for the protagonists nor for the readers. Great world building and credibility. Excellent characters, full of resilience, perseverance, with a fearless and tough kickbutt heroine, Infinity. As much as this series scares me out, I’m more and more drawn to it. This series has my highest recommendations!
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After reading the complete Bridger series as individual books, it is easy for me to recommend this packaged set. Each story immerses the reader on a journey of Bridgers as they accompany SafeTrek clients to alternate timelines. The books are filled with unexpected twists and will leave you ready for more. Trust me; you will not be disappointed with Stan C. Smith's gripping adventure/sci-fi novels!
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This is a fantastic 5 star techno thriller series you will enjoy. The characters are marvelous and the worlds seen are incredible. Each book is better than the last. I'm breathlessly awaiting the next in series. I received pre-publication copies of the each book in the Bridgers series by Stan Smith and have posted honest a fair reviews voluntarily.
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No, Just No. I liked the premise, but the execution was poor. I made it halfway through the second book before I gave up, mostly because poorly explained what was happening.
For example, the device they created, allow them to select some point in time in the past, and then randomly select a divergent earth. However, divergent from one point? Not the selected time, that would simply be the past. When selecting a point 200,000 years in the past are you selecting a ‘present day’ divergent earth that diverted 200,000 years ago?
Also, if you trying to evacuate earth with limited time left, and only 6 stations to extract them from. Where each evacuation period is 108 hours. You just start stuffing people through, forget the bio-probe. And for GOD sake, some though has to go into the combustion of the teams. Not just randoms. -
Three adventures now in one volume for easy binge reading.
Bridgers #1: Allow a long weekend for this adventure into an alternative world with plenty of action.
Bridgers #2: Allow yourself a day for this PG-13 survival story that picks up where Bridgers 1 ends.
Bridgers #3: This PG13 time-traveling dystopia can be read in a day as a standalone, but it is best to read the series in sequence.
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I loved the 3 book series!!! I barely could put stop reading. A mix of science fiction and adventure with a touch of romance. Great narration and very define, personable and interesting characters make this series very enjoyable to read. I could project myself within the stories with the fear and hope of the characters. Can't wait to start the other books...
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All three of these short novels are winners, excelling in well-wrought imaginative plots replete with action, adventure and intriguing characters. Suffice it to say, I'll be reading more of Stan C. Smith's works.
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Still hooked on this series
Well, looks like I'll be buying the rest of the boss in this series. It's really good! Each book is almost like a twilight zone episode, journeying to a different version of our world. All are very entertaining. -
This is a great series! I recommend it to everyone!
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Amazing book series! Loved it!
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Interesting premise
This story while brutal in places (note: apocalyptic) the main characters are enjoyable and the story line is quite inventive. Makes you think
