Coil Quake Rift

Name: Coil Quake Rift
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Nathan Elias
ISBN: 9798350812848

Author: Nathan Elias

Narrator: Alex Picard

Unabridged: 6 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/27/2023

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

When Margot learns she is carrying her husband Knox's child, she questions if she can bear another loss after a failed pregnancy divided her and Jason. Knox celebrates the news—despite the sorrow and guilt still lingering after his astrophysicist ex, Tiffany, died one year ago—until an earthquake jostles their Hollywood apartment and strips them of power. Moments later, when a small fissure opens in Venice Beach, Jason discovers an abandoned little girl outside his home. As authorities prove unable to help them, Jason determines that the already-fraught city and child are both worse off than he initially imagined.

And Tiffany? After the sting of Knox's betrayal, she programmed the RIFT—a byproduct of her particle collider—to activate after her suicide. Thus, a ground-opening black hole is created, into which Margot, Knox, and Jason must descend. In multiple hall-of-mirror-like alternate universes, they are confronted with a choice: Accept the true pain of losing someone you love, or live a lie wherein the loved one was never lost?

About Nathan Elias

Nathan Elias is the author of the novel Coil Quake Rift and the short story collection The Reincarnations. His writing has been named a finalist for the 2022 National Indie Excellence Award, the 2022 Eric Hoffer Book Award, and the Saturday Evening Post 2020 Great American Fiction Contest. His books have been highlighted in BuzzFeed and Electric Literature, and his short fiction, poetry, essays, and book reviews have appeared in numerous publications. Nathan has lived in Ohio, California, Tennessee, and most recently in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where he serves as events and marketing manager for the Broward Public Library Foundation.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maggie

Donald Ray Pollock is on the money, “Nathan Elias is a damn fine storyteller.” I truly enjoyed all of the journeys I found inside this novel. I had moments of being on the edge of my seat to cozy moments of peace. My perception of & feelings toward each character shifted throughout. The overall them......more

Goodreads review by Charis

A New Novel With An Old Soul: “Coil Quake Rift” Nathan Elias On the Columbia River there is a shallow harbor where I like to go on summer days. In Eastern Washington it often gets to over a 100 degrees; when the sun is at its most relentless it is a welcome relief to wade into the water. Carp graze o......more

Goodreads review by Salima

Worlds within worlds exist within us, is a vibrant truth in the everyday experiences of our lives, and that truth pulsates with an uncontested dominance in Coil Quake Rift, a new and powerfully written debut novel by Nathan Elias. In this life, there are people—both real and imagined—who will literal......more

Goodreads review by Tim

A full-throttle sci-fi freak out involving black holes, parallel planes, regrets, second chances, past lives, future lives, lost lives, grief, and guilt. If you knew that other planes existed with other versions of you living lives you wish you could have led, or are glad you left behind because the......more

Goodreads review by Bridget's

This was a GoodReads giveaway book. What a read! With different parallel lives all happening at once, it was definitely a twist filled book. It is very well written and draws you in. I felt like I was in the scene with the characters. I love it when a book can do that! I definitely recommend this on......more