Cast Under an Alien Sun (Destiny's Crucible #1)
Olan Thorensen
A story science fiction in premise, adventure in execution. A cross-genre adventure with elements of science fiction, history, hard science, epic fantasy, time travel, romance, alien contact, and space colonization.
Joe Colsco boarded a flight from San Francisco to Chicago to attend a national chemistry meeting. He would never set foot on Earth again.
On planet Anyar, Joe is found unconscious on a beach of a large island inhabited by humans where the level of technology is similar to Earth circa 1700. He awakes amidst strangers speaking an unintelligible language, and struggles to accept losing his previous life and finding a place in a society with different customs, needing a way to support himself, and not knowing a single soul. His worry about finding a place is assuaged when he finds ways to apply his knowledge of chemistry—as long as he is circumspect in introducing new knowledge not too far in advance of the planet’s technology and being labelled a demon.
As he adjusts, Joe finds that he has be dropped into a developing clash between the people who cared for him, and for whom he develops an affinity, and a military power from elsewhere on the planet, a power with designs on conquest.
Unaware, Joseph Colsco has been poured into a crucible, where time and trials will transform him in ways he could never have imagined.
Sponsored links
Tagged as:
- military 1
- war 1
- time travel 1
- science fiction 1
- aliens 1
- fantasy 1
- young adult 1
- paranormal 1
- historical 1
- survival 1
- Add topics
- Format
- Audiobook
romance tags
The 'Destiny's Crucible' series
4.29 · 189 ratings- Cast Under an Alien Sun by Olan Thorensen Book #1
- The Pen and the Sword by Olan Thorensen Book #2
- Heavier Than a Mountain by Olan Thorensen Book #3
- Forged in Fire by Olan Thorensen Book #4
- Tales of Anyar by Olan Thorensen Book #5
- Passages by Olan Thorensen Book #6
- A Dubious Peace by Olan Thorensen Book #7
- A Fearful Symmetry by Olan Thorensen Book #8
fantasy · time travel · war · audiobook · military · paranormal · young adult · aliens · length-long
Destiny's Crucible reading order and complete book list ❯
Report duplicate books, missing or wrong information
Check out thebooknaut.com for more science fiction books or comics that might match your interests or browse new sci-fi releases
- Sci-fi tropes such as hard sci-fi,exploration, invasions and post-apocalyptic societies
- Follow badass main characters, anti-heroes, loners & outcasts and scoundrels and rogues on their epic adventures