Stan C. Smith

Infinite worlds. Extreme danger. One fearless woman. Passerina Fowler just wants to be a professional fighter. She has struggled for years to make a name for herself. But then her life abruptly changes when she's discovered by a recruiter from SafeTrek Bridging, a company that transports clients to alternate versions of Earth. With nothing to lose, Passerina accepts a job as a bridger, an elite fighter who protects clients on excursions to alternate worlds. However, on her first day she witnesses a horrifying event and realizes bridging can be downright deadly. In spite of the risks, she is determined to complete her training program. But she soon realizes the training is more focused on her fears than her strength and endurance. And for good reason-there is much to be feared when bridging to alternate worlds naked and unarmed. Passerina must steadily transform herself into a bridger, with a new name: Infinity. Infinity grows impatient for the excitement and danger of her first bridging excursion. But when it finally comes, she finds herself in a world of vicious predators, and the danger becomes all too real.

Infinity: A Bridger's Origin

If you have found this book, the end of the world has already begun. It's 1868. Samuel Inwood is fulfilling his dream of exploring remote Dutch New Guinea as a naturalist when things go horribly wrong. A savage aboriginal tribe takes him captive, and as Samuel fights to survive, he begins to doubt that he is the civilized man he had thought himself to be. But his personal concerns suddenly become trivial when he realizes the tribe is harboring the greatest discovery in human history, and he finds himself solely responsible for the future of all humanity. This is Samuel Inwood's story, as told in his own words in his field notebooks. It depicts the events that took place 150 years before those of the novel, Diffusion, but it is an independent, stand-alone story. If you have found this book, the end of the world has already begun. Are you prepared to face what the new world might bring?

Savage

A time jump. A fight for survival. A bond between species. Obsolete Theorem, the first book in the Across Horizons series, is perfect for readers who love time travel, deadly creatures, wilderness survival, and unforgettable characters.

Across Horizons: Book One

Obsolete Theorem

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 Ph.D. 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. The Lure of Infinity, the first book in the Bridgers series, is for readers who love wilderness adventure, strange alien landscapes, and unforgettable characters. Are you ready to explore unlimited alternate universes?

The Lure of Infinity

A young Neanderthal. A robotic drone. A new future begins.Banished from her tribe, Skyra Una-Loto wanders through an ancient landscape teeming with fierce predators. Skyra searches for a way to overcome the crippling fear that has plagued her since witnessing her birthmother's brutal death.The problem is, to overcome her fear and reclaim her strength, she must attack and kill predators that will probably kill her first.Skyra's desperate quest takes an unexpected turn when she encounters a creature unlike anything she has seen before. It walks on four legs, yet it can also fly. It eats fire instead of flesh, and it speaks a strange language called English. Its name is Ripple.Ripple cannot believe its good luck. Having jumped 47,000 years into the past, the robotic drone has completed its research mission and is stranded here forever. Now it has found a living, breathing Neanderthal to study. The more Ripple learns about Skyra, the more the drone is convinced she is important to the future of this new world-but only if Ripple can keep her alive.Genesis Sequence, a prequel to the Across Horizons series, is for readers who love time travel, wilderness survival, and unforgettable characters.

An Across Horizons Origin

Genesis Sequence

How can you save humanity if your only hope is to call upon an entity that could destroy us all?As nations argue over who should possess the alien entity called the Lamotelokhai, 15-year-old Bobby Truex knows the answer—no one should. After all, he’s the one who told it to go into hiding. He knows, better than anyone, that misusing it leads to death and destruction. After months trying to overcome his guilt, Bobby’s life is suddenly shattered, forcing him to risk everything and once again ask for help from the most dangerous object imaginable.Meanwhile, Quentin and Lindsey Darnell are tormented by the memory of leaving their son Addison to die in the Papuan rainforest. After learning he is still alive, they set out to find him but are shocked by what they discover. Addison is now part of something truly amazing, something that may result in the next stage of human evolution.Now, Bobby must not only survive—he must make his way to the other side of the world to find Quentin and Lindsey. The fate of the planet depends on it.

Diffusion Series, #3

Profusion

Who would you trust with the power to alter the destiny of humanity?Devastated by the loss of his son in a remote rainforest of Indonesian Papua, Quentin Darnell now must struggle to get his wife and surviving students safely back to civilization. But surviving the trek out of the wilderness is only the first challenge, because his group now possesses an object that can create anything or do anything, for better or for worse. Can anyone be trusted with such power? If they can somehow get the object to the United States, will they be heroes—or the world’s destroyers?Quentin and his group face impossible choices with each perilous leg of their journey. And every triumph that takes them closer to home also takes them closer to a more personal dilemma—they may no longer be welcome there.

Diffusion Series, #2

Infusion

Binary Existence finds Skyra and Lincoln 47,000 years in the past. For Skyra, it's home. For Lincoln and his team, it's fraught with menace-a land of claws, teeth, and stone weapons.

Across Horizons Book Four

Binary Existence

A plane crash leaves schoolteacher Quentin, his family, and his students deep in an Indonesian rain forest. There, they encounter a mysterious substance that has extraordinary implications for the future of humanity - but at a cost...

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