The Crypt Book 01: The Crew (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
The Crew sets up what promises to be his crowning work. So much potential, and it's the heart of his attraction: gritty, hard science fiction. Same universe as his GFL series, but not YA in the least. Scary, shocking sometimes, dark, harrowing (oh, passenger virus, you sweet wonderful plot device), despairing, haunted, and "real" characters.When he gets to Book 3, and he'd better hurry, this series will be what he's remembered for.On the subject of his universe, at a book reading in Cambridge, MA, he stated that all his books will tie together. I think I peed myself a little. These characters are fantastic, and I can't wait to see how they all work together on the Crypt; the creepy ship they're all doomed to.What made it difficult to track with sometimes was the lack of a plot. It's a collection of short stories/stories that provide the background on all the characters of the next book. You should completely listen to all of the stories, because they are each very interesting and develop the characters for the story. If you don't like short story collections, you could listen to this in pieces as you meet the characters in the next novel so you don't miss out. Most of the chapters mark the character in the title, so you'd be able to find them easily.
What do You think about The Crypt Book 01: The Crew (2008)?
Excellent as usual. Scott just gets better and better especially now he has ventured into space.
—emird
Listening to the podcast. On part 7. Damn, how many characters are in this thing? So GRRM.
—alex_penamx
I love hard sci-fi horror and this delivers in spades!
—hydroflames
Classic Sigler - gore, space, and death. 5 stars.
—dsc
