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Bridgers 4: The Mind of Many (Bridgers Series) Kindle Edition

by Stan C. Smith (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.5 307 ratings

Book 4 of 6: Bridgers Series

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Earth’s last refugees. A one-way trip. A world of terror.

Time is up. Earth is collapsing. Eight billion people and countless other living things will die. Bridgers Infinity Fowler and Desmond Weaver have one last chance to save a handful of refugees. And one last chance to have a life together.

Earthquakes and storms threaten to destroy humanity’s last hope—the SafeTrek bridging facility. With the building literally collapsing around them, Infinity, Desmond, and a small group of refugees manage to bridge out. Their destination: an alternate world similar to their own. A place that will be safe.

But something goes wrong, and they find themselves in a world unlike any they could have imagined. Their attempt to start a new life becomes a struggle to survive in a place where primeval violence rules, where nothing is familiar and everything is potentially deadly.

For the refugees, this is a one-way trip. There’s no going home. To survive, they must learn to work together. But something extraordinary exists here, something that could turn them all against each other. Something that could destroy the bond between Infinity and Desmond.

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Stan Smith has lived most of his life in the Midwest United States and currently lives with his wife Trish in a house deep in an Ozarks forest near Warsaw, Missouri. He writes adventure novels that have a generous sprinkling of science fiction. His stories are about regular people who find themselves caught up in highly unusual situations. His goal is to stimulate your sense of wonder, get your heart pounding, and keep you reading late into the night, with minimal risk of exposure to spelling and punctuation errors. His books are for anyone who loves adventure, discovery, and mind-bending surprises.Stan's Author Websitehttp: //www.stancsmith.com

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07KV64Q6R
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (December 5, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 5, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1963 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 246 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #242,288 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #723 in Time Travel Science Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #1,016 in Time Travel Fiction
- #1,412 in Hard Science Fiction (Books)

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Stan C. Smith’s secret formula? Create strange worlds filled with even stranger creatures. Drop in unsuspecting characters. Shake vigorously. The results are always fun—unless you’re a character in his worlds. Stan lives with his wife Trish deep in the Ozark Forest of Missouri, where creatures are more docile than those in his novels. His goal is to stimulate your sense of wonder, get your heart pounding, and keep you reading late into the night. His books are for anyone who loves adventure, discovery, and mind-bending surprises.

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Amazing

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2018

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Mr. Smith did not disappoint me with this book. It kept my interest from beginning to end. I had to force myself to put it down not only to go to bed but to eat. It made me think about what earth could have been. It amazed me at how they figured out what they needed to do to survive. The creatures on this earth were awesome. I loved hearing how the characters became who they are. I have also read Infusion, Diffusion and Profusion. Those were awesome. It is neat to think about how things could be and how things involved to today. It amazes me to think of how things were at creation and how people learned to create things to make their lives better and eventually here we are today. These books made me think of how life could be on other plants or other dimensions and how other life forms evolve if they exist. This book really made me think about it with reading about how they found natural things to use to survive. How they learned to coexist even though they were so different. The courage it took for them to even move much less try to eat things they had no idea if they were safe to eat or not. I am not one who likes to try different foods so I was wondering how I would react being there and having to eat something strange or else die. Mr. Smith has an awesome and creative imagination. I can't wait for more books to come out. I would love to see how they continue living on the new earth as well as how Infinity and Desmond rescue the others on the other destination earths. I am curious to see if any modern conveniences make it to the colony and watch as the colony becomes a modern civilization or if they decide to keep things the way they are. I would think they would want their children to have the opportunity to go to school and college at some point but then maybe return home. I am also curious if any other people join the original colonists to live and if Infinity ever has a baby. There are so many possibilities. I can’t wait to see what comes next.

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Alt Worlds Series Still Holding Up

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2020

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Book 4 offers a fascinating look at a hive mind curiously interested in the human refugees from earth who suddenly appear on their version of earth. Are they good or evil? Out to destroy the small human colony of to save it? A good read, very interesting aliens.

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Mary J. Aigner

surprised at the ending

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024

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Although the prior books in the series all had a suspenseful ending, book four had one that was more surprising. I still like the continuation if the characters and all the details. This author has a great imagination.

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Leena in Missouri

Where does Mr. Smith's imagination come from?

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2018

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Isopods, skitterbugs, tigerbeetles, hubcaps and more, all are animals that come from Mr. Smith's imagination. Where does he come up with this stuff? What a grand adventure.

In this segment of the series we find Infinity and Desmond leading another refugee colony into the unknown. They were supposed to go to an earth only 20 years different than their own version of earth, but ended up 100's of millions of years back. This is where only arthropods and insects live. There are seemingly no resources for them to use to create a home. It seems that all the animals on this earth are predators, but not all.

There are no typos to distract you, and the plot runs seamlessly. Characters are well drawn out, some in an unusual way. The dialog is realistic and does not get bogged down with too much information at any one time.

I highly urge anyone who is interested in this book to read, at the very least, the first book in this series. It sets the tone for what follows, though it could be read as a stand-alone, I guess.

READ THIS BOOK and live it as you go!

Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2022

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This one did make me wonder how could I survive in a world with giant bugs. You won't be disappointed with pace of this story. Just be careful when asked to join the "hive".

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Judy

Excellent addition to the series !

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2018

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These books have fired my imagination like few books have done. I love the descriptions of the flora and fauna of each world and the divergent life that has developed. They found intelligence on this world, not like us but a perfect chance to show co-existence is possible no matter how different we are. The two "beings" found a way to exist together and even expand their horizons so to speak. I was totally taken aback by the revelation at the end. I truly enjoy the experience of reading these stories. I look forward to others. I am happy to recommend it to all readers.

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Jcsz

Great series until now, but what's next?

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2019

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I have followed this author with great interest, especially since it is a male writing about a female protagonist; her physical and emotional strength tempered by empathy. Her logic and critical thinking for the greater good of the community swayed by her loyalty, compassion and love of friends. Her patience and willingness to give the benefit of the doubt to obvious millstones. And conversely, her impatience of stupidity, deliberate ignorance or cowardice. Until now, their excursions have been in alternate realities that have little to no bearing on current Earth conditions. But I would really like to know how the author would handle a jump of 700 odd mixed male/female into a closely divergent reality just a couple of hundred years ago when women were still second class citizens, unable to vote or own property, were considered stupid or at least incapable of logical thought, and were raised that way under total patriarchal domination. Let's see how Infinity Fowler handles that with finesse, whether her male charges don't revert with such an alluring opportunity, and whether her females don't either punch their way into jail or submit to servitude. I think Smith can handle it but will he? A challenge....!

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Kelly Smith

Yeah!

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2023

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I was hoping for this to continue. I love this series, and I will add it to my favorites list.

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Al

The author hits it off again

Reviewed in Canada on December 6, 2018

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The earth is on its last legs. Global catastrophe is on the increase, and even the last remaining Safetrek facility is in danger. Infinity is bridging for the last time, The plan is in place to go the earth that deviated 20 years from ours, but a super-tornado forces them to bridge under duress, and they land in an earth nothing like the one they left. In fact, they land in a world that appears to be solely inhabited by arthropods. Can they find what they need to survive? Can they defend themselves against some bizarre predators? And what the heck is that hive mind that seems to be able to communicate?

This is another good addition to the series, maybe my favourite after the first. The tornado at the start is great, and the riots at Safetrek are intense, The world they land in is amazing, with arthropods growing to impressive sizes (read the book before you lambaste me with your science. The cast of characters is limited to about 20, so we get to know people better than just before they popped their clogs, like in the other books. So in a nutshell, the book is exciting, fast (I read it in a couple of days), with a badass heroine who pulls no punches, literally or figuratively.

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Meenaz Lodhi

Prodigious imagination and creativity!

Reviewed in Spain on December 5, 2018

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“Every world is paradise to some creatures and hell to others. You just have to be the right creature. Humans aren’t powerful or indestructible, but we are adaptable. That’s our strength.”
A biological creativity, with bizarre and frightening details, Stan has a prodigious imagination! Each installment is more gripping, gritty, with fascinating fearsome creatures, filling you with trepidation, edge of the seat and nerve wrecking scenes. Fast paced with no respite for the protagonists nor for the readers. Great world building and credibility. Excellent characters, full of resilience, perseverance, with a fearless and tough kickbutt heroine, Infinity. As much as this series scares me out, I’m more and more drawn to it. Hopefully , it’s not the last installment.

June001

The journey of the bridgers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2018

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I have been waiting for this book. Stan C. Smith does not disappoint with the continuation of the series, and the story of what happens when the earth is doomed, but some have a chance to start again somewhere else. The immense imagination of this author has me captured book after book. I have read every one he had written.

Walter Scott

Excellent world-building and character development

Reviewed in Canada on June 26, 2019

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I posted a five-star review for Infinity, the Bridgers prequel, and am waiting for Amazon to accept the newer version that does not have the Stan C. Smith web site link. Three weeks, so far.

As for The Mind of Many, Stan C. Smith’s imagination continues to soar, and as the single group of 20 humans are launched to an alternative version of Earth, as their Earth is in its final death throes, and as they immediately find themselves in a constant battle to deter deadly predators, and find water, and food, and shelter, you kind of forget that they landed on this site with no clothes, no hair, and vestigial finger-and -toenails.

And, because this is a Stan C Smith story, they are now in a world that is truly alien, but most of the “rules” that govern it eventually become clear, and there is an internal consistency. And, as soon as they do find water, and a source of food (yuck, but nourishing), and create shelter, and find ways to protect themselves from the local lifeforms - and it looks as if they have established the basis for a viable colony - there is an abrupt twist to the direction the plot was heading in, and Bridgers #5 (not quite ready for release at this time) becomes a must-read.

Layndarat

Inventive

Reviewed in Australia on December 9, 2019

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And a terrific imagination. Great survival story when the new world appeared so grim. My only complaint is the novel length. Seems books are written to a deadline, short length notwithstanding. Otherwise 5 stars for sure

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