If I Should Die Before It Wakes, and other stories
Book Details
Author(s)Allen Whitlock
ISBN / ASINB008CMA526
ISBN-13978B008CMA523
Sales Rank791,243
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Surprise, humor and suspense weave through these six spell-binding stories penned by sci-fi maverick Allen Whitlock.
- In the novella-length "If I Should Die Before It Wakes," readers join marine biologist John Cheswell on a Crichton-styled eco-thriller as he discovers the horror set to awaken in the world's oceans.
- In "Concerning the Death of Robert Logan on CV-IV" a team of nerdy zenolinguists try to solve the mystery of an abandoned planet where misinterpreting one word begets astonishing consequences.
- In "Assisted Living," a malfunction causes a robot designed for teen amusement to attain self-consciousness and lands him in an elder-care facility.
- In "I Follow the Sun," a man and a vampire go into a Singapore bar yet only one leaves.
- In "Killing Time," a bizarre murder confession leads a Boston detective to a group of scientists with a time machine.
- Unveil the horrifying reason a man must always wear a blindfold in "Out of Sight."
