Taming The Perilous Skies
- Vanessa Bettencourt
- Sep 6
- 3 min read
Book details:
- Published: Sep 12 2025, 450 pages - pre order here
- Publisher: Phil Marshall
- Category: Adult Fiction (18+ and up)
- Genre: Hard Sci Fi, Thriller, Political Thriller, Sci Fi Adventure
- Content rating:PG-13: There is one suicide (distantly witnessed), and there are F words, and 47 million people die, but very little gore and no graphic violence.
4.5
I love a thriller, man vs nature (catastrophe), and this one can fit the genre, but it's man vs depending on technology. Humanity in the future goes aerial, and one day it all starts falling from the sky, unable to be stopped, with emotional last messages like planes flying into towers. The concept is great, and it grabs us immediately. In a high-stakes, non-stop race to stop this terrible event, scientists try to fix it, to understand while authorities are trying to catch the person(or group of terrorists) behind it. Parallel to the scientific thought, there is also a theological one. Hard-science if you are a fan of Michael Crichton's and Andy Weir's detailed explanations (yes, please). My favorite scenes are quite cinematic, where they are trying to save one of the aerial hotels from falling. Survival and sacrifice. We just hold our breath and keep reading. I like that even in the future, when we tend to lose faith, we still have a need for the magic of religious symbolism. The scenes in Italy are powerful, with the idea parallel to the Saints.
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About the book
Everyone said the sky could never fall. They were wrong.
In the year 2076, anti-gravity has ushered in a new era of peace, prosperity, and worldwide collaboration. Powered by the scientific marvel known as Persistence, aerial vehicles now replace roads, energy comes from ambient particles, and the world’s nations are connected by open skies and their reverence for The Fabric — the timeless, interconnected thread of all particles, past and future, that not only powers anti-gravity but redefines humanity’s understanding of the presence of God.
But on an ordinary October morning, the impossible happens: passenger aerials start dropping/falling from the sky. For Jack Woods, a national security official and devoted father, this tragedy is more than a historic anomaly. His son Erik was airborne when the world stopped. As aerials freeze mid-air across the globe like ticking timebombs and chaos erupts below/the death toll rises by the millions, Jack races to uncover what went wrong… and who may be responsible.
Meanwhile, Brian Medlock, the scientist who discovered anti gravity, prepares to leave this world only to be pulled into a political and spiritual firestorm threatening to unravel everything he built.
Blending science, political intrigue, and the primal human emotions that keep us grounded/connect us, Taming the Perilous Skies is a haunting look at a future world/ riveting journey through a world reliant/dependent on technology, and the people who must fight to save it/will stop at nothing to save it when it begins to unravel/falls apart. And how easily it can all fall apart.
About the author
Phil Marshall is a physician, scientist, and AI technology entrepreneur. Taming the Perilous Skies is his debut novel centered on his theory of persistence and a passion for how technology can transform our lives, and how it can go terribly wrong.
Connect with the author:
Website: http://drphilmarshall.com
#PhilMarshall, @lauren.ireadbooktours, @ireadbooktours, #ireadbooktours, #PerilousSkies, @launchmybook
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