SHORTCUT Jason Maxx, Book 1

In this cross between hard science and near-future speculative fiction, Stefan Rudnicki narrates with clarity and intensity. A brilliant mathematician develops a shortcut that will make space travel to distant stars a reality. When the man's equally brilliant wife disappears and it's thought that she's being held hostage on an alien spacecraft at the edge of the solar system, Rudnicki deftly shifts from the tones of venture capitalists and military personnel to the desperate emotions of a man who is willing to do anything to rescue the woman he loves. As he races to complete his shortcut, the math genius must maneuver around NASA bureaucrats and Pentagon hardheads. Detailed and compelling, this sci-fi story proves that the sound of tech talk can also be the sound of adventure. B.P. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2024]