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.… 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.
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Bridgers 1 is an intense and exciting sci-fi action series that takes the reader to other times and parallel worlds. Tourist travel with “Bridgers” to keep them save on their 36 hour trip. Lots of creative genius going on to make these books flow so well! I loved this! Great creatures, characters, action, concept, and plot! I have book two ready to go!
Stan Smith continues to come up with original and fascinating sci-fi adventures and Bridgers is no exception. In this, he imagines a device that allows you to travel to an alternate universe of our world, one that had somehow diverged from the current evolutionary path where, perhaps, humans are not the apex creature on the planet. This mode of travel is called bridging and believe me once the characters “bridge” you won’t be able to put the book down! Additionally, Stan’s character perspective is written with a masterful ability so that the reader is weaving in and out of multiple perspectives yet in never confusing. The story is riveting and action-packed and I can’t wait to see what happens next!
One book leads to the next. Hard to put down.
Stan C. Smith’s gripping sci-fi novel, Bridgers 1: The Lure of Infinity explorers the “existence of infinite parallel universes” as Bridger Infinity Fowler and her partner help tourists navigate thirty-six-hour bridging experiences. The lead character, Infinity, immediately pulled me in with her no-nonsense attitude and tough exterior. Because she considers “every minute of life to be sacred,” Infinity doesn’t waste words, time, or energy as she struggles to help three tourists survive in an environment that diverged from ours eighty million years ago. Each tension-filled scene evokes the reader’s senses and creates an ebb and flow pulling the reader along. As soon as one problem is solved or a question is answered, another emerges. Will they all return alive at bridge-back, and what impact will this have on their future?
On boy, what a book! This book had me sitting on the edge of my chair. Now this is storytelling at it’s best! Infinity was a Bridger to other places and took tourists with her. Desmond and two others went along on this bridge and what a trip. This is a continuing series and a must read!
Bridgers 1: The Lure of Infinity is a fascinating and intricately woven thrill ride by Stan C. Smith that involves a different take on Time Travel. This will capture and hold the reader’s attention the entire time.
The fast paced, full of action and adventure story, has superb depth and is a veritable roller coaster ride for the reader, it is full of danger, is unpredictable and has a lot happening in world that has been created.
The Author has shown very creative imagination in describing the various scenes and settings and the good detailed descriptions of the animals and the various flora and fauna encountered are easily envisioned.
Book 1 is an excellent introduction to limitless worlds and the people who explore them known as Bridgers. These are warriors who protect visitors during their adventure into the past. Both people and places are described vividly.
The strong, likeable and well defined main characters are Infinity Flowers and Desmond her partner, who seem alive and make you want to meet them.
This is an awesome story by a fantastic Writer. I look forward to the next book.
Recommended!
Gifted with a copy which I voluntarily reviewed.
Allow a long weekend for this adventure into an alternative world with plenty of action. I read an ARC and this voluntary review is my own opinion.
People can “bridge” to alternate universe worlds and stay for 36 hours. Most choose to visit worlds prior to the rise of man. The catch is that when they get there, they are naked and have zero worldly goods. Infinity is the tour guide, a Bridger. Will she survive the unknown dangers of the next world? Will her tourists?
I loved this book! There are great characters, non-stop action and constant danger from unanticipated life forms. I would have loved it even more if it had had a little less danger and a little more human interaction and dialogue. Bravo!