The Rift

The Rift, Book 1

By: Douglas E. Richards, Joshua T. Calvert

Narrated by: Adam James Conner

A coming interdimensional war. A race against time. A thrill ride like no other.

Multimillion-copy bestselling authors Douglas E. Richards and Joshua T. Calvert team up for the first time to deliver an explosive, high-stakes science-fiction thriller, one that will leave you breathless.

Deep in Antarctica, two researchers find an enigmatic black sphere suspended in the heart of a huge crater. Neither man is ever seen again.

Decades later, reality fractures. A Manhattan skyscraper vanishes into thin air. An airplane crashes in the Sahara Desert—its existence defying logic. Across the globe, breathtaking technology and mysterious artifacts appear, all leading to one chilling truth: a parallel Earth is breaching the boundary between realities. And with every artifact that crosses over, the fabric of existence tears further apart.

Enter Dr. James Barron, a man haunted by his past who is thrust into a fight he didn't choose. As secret organizations and shadowy forces battle to control the growing breach, Barron becomes humanity's reluctant champion. Can he stop an invasion from a world bent on conquest? Or will the widening rift doom both Earths to annihilation?

The Rift is the electrifying first entry in a trilogy of epic science-fiction thrillers.

©2025 Douglas E. Richards and Joshua T. Calvert (P)2025 Podium Audio

Entertaining!

It's been something different, adventures, and new twist and turns just when something makes since to get ya rethinking. Definitely a good listen and well performed from author and voice acted.

Did not guess what’s next?

Never knew what was going to happen next. A little slow, at times, but the writers had a lot to set up. LOVED the BOOK!!!

Fun story though poorly read

Although the plot is pretty fantastical, it’s fun, and there’s a great cliffhanger at the end of this book. However, the dialogue as written is awfully corny, narrator’s various international accents are pretty poor, and he reads the story in a monotone no matter what is happening. When the characters are speaking the energy ( if not the accents) are better. This could be a much better book if the script which was written for the characters was more realistic and less cliche, and if it was narrated differently. But because the story is compelling I will probably check out book 2 when it arrives.

Great premise, can’t wait for next one

The storyline was captivating and enjoyable. I found myself questioning everyone and wondering who was really on the right side.

Ok

Decent. Not great. It was easy to listen to. The story was ok. Light weight, overall

Very well done....

First of all, kudos to Adam J. Conner, the narrator. He does such a good job, one doesn't realize one is being "read" to. No unnecessary crescendos or diminuendos, dramatic pauses or or inflections to alert the reader...(as a well known narrator whom I will just label as "SB" does, which almost makes me feel like a child being read to). Conner's tempo is even, but not without deftly, unobtrusive placed subtle changes that keep the story flowing.
As for the story itself, I enjoyed the character portrayals and the many twists the author(s) have employed. Some of the physics are a bit "far out", but, interesting. I imagine you could say the great majority of ideas presented here, could exist, in the "realm of possibility".
I've been reading sci-fi on and off for over 40years. This book would certainly go in the top 10% of the over 160 sci fi books I have read.
Looking forward to the next installment - (which is a rare thing for me to say).

Silly plot and corny dialogue but still amusing

Corny dialogue and a story that tries to include too many elements. The story reads like someone who is trying to throw together every element that they’ve ever thought of for sci-fi story. I may still read the next one because it is a good diversion, but not the best in terms of writing style or dialogue.

Hacky, self indulgent, and cringe

very predictable, flat characters, bad dialogue. the guy reading did fine but everything else was not particularly great