The Curmudgeon and the Wormhole

De: J.F. Wiegand

Narrado por: J.F. Wiegand

Norman Dohring doesn’t own a smartphone. He’s driven the same truck for 20 years. He’s tough, hardworking, and self-sufficient. For a human.

When a wormhole transports Norman to the planet Bomba, he encounters a species that’s bigger, stronger, and able to handle Bomba’s scorching weather and 31-hour days. Norman struggles to survive. But he'll have to because there's a person on Bomba who needs his help. It’s someone he knows, someone he loves.

To reach them, Norman will have to cross a hostile landscape that’s home to a species who despises humans and their filthy habits. It’ll be the hardest trek of Norman Dohring’s life, but he might just be stubborn enough to make it.

©2020 J.F. Wiegand (P)2020 J.F. Wiegand

Pretty good with a couple of complaints.

This was a well written novel. It was actually rather unique in that the aliens were alien, humans were near slaves, are survival on a strange planet was risky at best. But a father's love pulled our MC through. There were two problems with the book. First was that although the book ended not quite on a cliffhanger, it was close. So, here's hoping there are future books. the second problem was with the audio recording (if one listened to the book). Although the author did a very good job narrating, there were no audio pauses between scenes from the past and scenes from the present. Often I stumbled in my head as a quick transition left me behind as I tried to determine where we were in time. It was utterly distracting.

Great story and great narration.

The author makes the characters come alive. I listened all day to see what would happen to them. I highly recommend this book.

Great story

There is just enough science in this science fiction novel to allow the author to create an interesting environment within which to tell a good story. I'm a ravenous reader of sci-fi and I am always disappointed in how the author connects the dots or explains the underlying factors that make the story/environment work. "Curmudgeon" doesn't even try. You just accept the premise and enjoy the story. It was hard to pause.