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Reviewed by Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite
Finitude and Beyond by C.K. Adams is a collection of science fiction short stories, each reading as standalones. In the story Debris, Preston, a space hauler burdened by family tragedy, encounters a defunct children’s satellite whose recordings awaken deep emotions as he faces isolation with his ship’s AI, Gomez. Unbeing follows Reva and her companions as they journey through a dangerous wasteland haunted by mysterious entities called Unbeings, with revelations that challenge their understanding of reality and existence. The Bridge Year 2687 traces Annick’s life aboard the spaceship Continuum, where she undertakes a neural lace ceremony and faces the challenge of preserving humanity’s knowledge against technological decay, shaping the future of collective memory. As an anthology, all the stories address human endurance through technological, psychological, and metaphysical challenges.
Finitude and Beyond: A Collection of Short Stories by C.K. Adams is a wonderfully unique compilation of original work, written with near cinematic detail and with fully fleshed-out characters; a rare accomplishment in volumes with such limited word count. My two favorite stories are Husk and Colony. Husk follows Commander Abel Sanders’ blurred line between hallucination and reality as he faces death, trapped in a wrecked spacecraft, with an AI offering illusions that shift from comforting to nightmarish. Colony follows a team dealing with a parasitic infection on a remote station, with horrific moments of infection, sacrifice, and escape within a collapsing hive mind. Both stories, and all the others, are very well done. Overall, this is a collection with a range of engaging tales that grab a reader's attention and inspire thought, making it a worthwhile read for fans of dark and intense science fiction. Very highly recommended.
