“Shadows from the Sun” by John Gargrave

Shadows from the Sun: The World Returns to Eden by John Gargrave is a multi-layered speculative fiction story that has a mix of adventure and myth, with a sprinkling of romance.

The story centers on the efforts of a group of mining supervisors to find their way to safety after they were trapped underground by an explosion that sealed them inside a cavern deep inside a mountain. There’s a nod to Homer’s Odyssey as the group, led by Ryan Farraday, makes their way through dark tunnels and struggles to cross raging rivers that have swelled from storms that seem to never relent.

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“They Could Be Saviors” by Diana Colleen

What a lovely idea Diana Colleen presents in her book, They Could Be Saviors. Billionaires are actively making the planet unlivable, so the solution is to kidnap and force them to come up with a solution to climate change, with the aid of mind-altering psychedelics, of course. Colleen says in her authors’ note that the idea for this book came to her during a meditation session after her own psychedelic therapy, and I have to say, I think she’s onto something.

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“Indifferent Universe” by Joseph Blackhurst

Sure, I could describe this as a Bildungsroman or The First Great AI Novel (about AI, not written by it) or even a modern update on the classic film American Graffiti. But would that really capture the gigantic, all-encompassing, many-tentacled Kraken that actually spills across these pages?

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