| Title | : | The Cost of Survival (Bridgers, #2) |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 |
| Publication | : | Published June 15, 2018 |
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.
The Cost of Survival (Bridgers, #2) Reviews
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Great follow up book!
Bridgers 2 by Stan C. Smith continues the suspense of time/parallel world jumping. Now Earth is quickly becoming unstable and the only way to save humankind is to bridge people to other places. The President decides not to use safe guard, that are set up to protect the Bridgers, so they can evacuate faster. This leads to dangerous situations where hundreds of people are sent to hostile environments. Very exciting read! -
“To those who think twice before sacrificing what they know to be moral and just.”
Book 2 is about the transport of human refugees to other planets, a means for survival. It’s an undeline poignant reference to the ever present depressing and sad situation in our reality. A tough and decision mindset for Infinity and Desmond. A Ferocious, non stop action full violence and drama, thought provoking and emotional.
“You don’t get to decide who’s right and who’s wrong. No time for that.”: this is a precise and exact description to the plot. Really an edge of the seat and compelling story! Worth reading!
Thanks to the author for the ARC. This is my honest and voluntary review. -
The idea was fresh the first time around... unfortunately, the author decided to just follow the same formula over and over again. Bridgers go to new world with "tourists". Tourists do stupid shit and bridgers have to protect them, often getting hurt in the process. They bridge back in 48 hours and rinse and repeat.
This time they added the idea that Earth is dying so it's not just tourists bridging over, but whole human colonies, but the formula stays the same.
Would have been more fun to read of there as any character development at all. As it is, there is none. And all the characters are just moving puppets with no real personality. Also, why are all the women apart from Infinity portrayed as absolute self-serving or hysterical bitches? While so many men seem to be reasonable and resourceful? That gets old fast.
Like I said, this formula is fun the first time around, but it gets old fast. I'm not continuing this series. -
Following the surprise announcements at the end of Bridgers 1, Infinity, Desmond and the other bridgers now switch from mollycoddling rich tourists to being tasked with finding “suitable worlds for colonies of 718 refugees per world”, and thus preserving a tiny portion of humanity before the Earth finally disintegrates and dies. Time is running out, and more and more corners are being cut to speed up the colonisation progress. Infinity has always been cautious – the reason behind her longevity as a bridger. But the time for caution has gone, as has the bridgers’ creed of protecting the ‘tourists’ lives above their own. The survival of humanity supersedes the survival of any one individual. In this book, many, many individuals die, in increasingly gruesome ways.
This book is not for the fainthearted. Sometimes the battle scenes can become a bit overwhelming. But they are important. The book is sub titled “The Cost of Survival”, and that is the key question here: what cost is humanity prepared to pay for survival? Will Humanity still exist if humans wipe out or enslave the current inhabitants of the new worlds as Lorissa seems to have in mind: “I see great potential in the existing agricultural infrastructure here. I don’t care how intelligent these things are, as long as they’ll help us. Once we get established, maybe we can have them work our fields for us” and “This world already has shelters, and fences, and livestock. Maybe it will be our pathogens that wipe out the thirdlings, and then we’ll be able to use their villages.”
Infinity and Desmond believe the way forward is through cooperation with the natives – but are they just deluding themselves? Only time will tell – and that is running very short indeed.
The book also begs the question: if you could restart human civilisation, what form would you want it to have? Who out of Earth’s billions of inhabitants should be given the opportunity to bridge? What characteristics do the bridgers need? Who will decide? The idealistic bunch forming the next colonist group know what they want – but will reality intrude? I am looking forward to Bridgers 3 to find out.
This is a very violent, but also very thought-provoking book. One thing I particularly like about this series, is that the bridgers can take nothing through with them – in particular, no weapons. There are too many post-apocalyptic novels that rely on an inexhaustible supply of heavy weaponry – where every decision is made at the end of a gun barrel. Here, adaptability, physical and mental strength reign supreme. Perhaps there will be hope for mankind after all.
I received an Advanced Reader Copy of this book at no cost from the author in exchange for an honest review -
The Cost of Survival is the second book in the Bridgers series. This could be read as a standalone but I do not recommend that. You really need to read the first book to fully understand the story. There is violence. The Earth is about to be destroyed and moving at least some of the people to new alternate "Earths" seems to be the only option. But that option also comes at a cost. What price would you be willing to pay and to what lengths would you go to survive? That is the question that each person bridging must answer.
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I got this book as part of the books 1-3 boxed set. Wow, I did not see what happened coming. After book 1 the author introduced an unexpected shift here in book 2 and then bam! It was one exciting chapter after another. I finished the book in record time and can't wait to start book 3!
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Faced with annihilation, they must fight! As the Earth continues to implode in The Cost of Survival (Bridgers, book 2), Infinity and Desmond discover that “everyone has a different right and wrong.” The rules have changed for the victims of the Outlander’s deception! The brutal reality of establishing a colony of 718 refugees in a menacing new world means sacrificing some. The Bridgers' Creed no longer exists. Infinity with the intensity of someone determined to prevail declares, “You think you know what’s right, and then someone decides it’s not. You think you know what’s wrong, and then someone does something that proves they have a different concept of wrong. It’s all made up!”
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How would you manage the end of the world?
That's a big question that the Bridgers #2 book takes. Earth's days are counted, and sending colonies into alternate worlds might be the only way to preserve life, liberty and the american way. And that means taking insane risks, and 50% losses along the way? Acceptable.
The book is short and quick, like the previous one, and keeps the original formula, just with different stakes than protecting 3 "tourists". The whole works, somewhat, even if it often frustrates you. I find myself wishing that it did include the local's perspective, even if I can see it would completely change the tone and story. Worth seeing to the end, if not absolutely good (I hesitated between 3 and 4 stars a lot). -
Infinity and Desmond sitting in a tree.
Okay they’re not in a tree in this book, but they all are in a field. The field of The Trippletons. A hominid species that shows compassion and understanding, but will they be so understanding they can take in over 700 humans. Infinity and Desmond are going to find out because the world as we know it is the ending and they want to bridge as many people as they can before the world implodes. Not to mention President Haley says they can be no more exploratory bridges with mammal animals and no more testing bridges with the Bridgers. They must go and sing to a new parallel world. Only infinity and Desmond they have the skills to survive the unknown, can she get dozens of newbies to fight for their life? Can’t they show the triple tens that they are an asset or will they show their self to be a deficit to this peaceful community?
In this book in Finity and Desmond find out the outlanders sent the diagram to build the bridging machine knowing it would ruin their world and now the federal government has taken over Smarttrack In ou about it but you really need to go read it for yourself. This is such an original idea and it has overwhelmed my every day and the head of FEMA Mr. Eagleton is now they’re both and their liaison between the President of the United States President Haley. She has made her orders clear that they must bridge as many people as possible well infinity investment be able to do it yes they do. This is a great book I love that I could sit here all day telling you about it but you really need to go read it for yourself. This is such an original idea and it has overwhelmed my every day I cannot wait to start reading book 3 The Voice Of Reasob. They do have a lot of violence in these books, but if you are a mature sci-fi lover stay in C Smith books are for you and happily me too! -
The author knocks it out of the park again with the sequel to his excellent Bridgers. This time the stakes have been raised. No longer is Infinity guiding rich tourists on adventures. With the world coming to an end, now Infinity is guiding over 700 handpicked colonists to worlds that are familiar, but also very different to the one they are leaving. Naked and oblivious to what awaits them, can Infinity keep the colonists alive long enough to give them a fighting chance at a future?
Infinity is back, this time with Desmond along for the ride as her Bridger partner. She's still as badass as before, but she not only battles indigenous lifeforms on the new world, but also divergent opinions of her fellow colonists, who unlike the Bridgers, have a one-way ticket. She must balance how far they must go to survive with how much of their humanity they are prepared to leave behind.
The author writes pacy, exciting and thoughtful books, and Bridgers 2 is no different. If you enjoyed the first in the series, you absolutely have to read this one. -
This book was so good, I picked it up yesterday and read it straight through! And the good news - there's more to come! Stan C. Smith's Bridgers 2: The Cost of Survival is a totally non stop fight for survival. I read an ARC copy of this book and have volunteered to post a review. Stan Smith has become one of my very favorite writers. Can't wait for B3!
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I don't leave reviews often, because I am sure what to say...... This is my second of the series and can't wait for the next. If you love sci-fi. Then you must hAve a tolerance for violence and kick ass women and men.
Get this book and be entertained. The book is continued from Bridgers 1 . And keeps you hooked till the next .....buy it!!! -
Though shorter than I would have liked (about 170 pages) the story is concise and fast-paced. Though at times the story is brutal and borders on grim there is just enough hope sprinkled in to keep the tale from being depressing. This is a story of raw survival in a basically alien world.
My only complaint is that the story is too short. -
Fun, Fast-Moving Alt. Worlds Series With Interesting Anthropological Ideas
Book 2 and our heros continue to fight the good fight by guiding a faint smidgen of humanity into alternate earths as the real thing is falling apart at the seams due to the nefarious scheming of evil alien fraudsters. Well thought out and propulsive written. -
Another good one
As the consequences of the bridging technology become clear, humanity invokes a desperate plan in order to survive. Nothing is ever simple or easy. Another fast paced and adventurous read . -
Book 2 picks up where book one leaves off with a new series altering twist. Same action packed scenario but the series starts to define it's overall plot direction. Very inventive worlds built by this author.
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Another page Turner another book gripper. I can't put the book down and I replay scenes in my head like a movie. Started the next book and really enjoying the reads and the bridge adventure. Thank you again Stan 💗
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A very good book
A fun, fun story. Very interesting characters. Intense reading. I couldn't put it down. I can't wait to find out what happens next.
