This omnibus edition contains the trilogy of science fiction books that introduced the world to Mike Callahan and all of the regulars at Callahanโs Place.
Callahanโs Crosstime Saloonis the neighborhood tavern to all of time and space, where the regulars are anything but. These time travelers, talking dogs, alcoholic vampires, and cybernetic aliens really, truly care about each other. Itโs the rare kind of place where bad puns are as appreciated as good conversation.
Time Travelers Strictly Cash is their policy, but then again everybody pays cash at Callahanโs. Lay your money on the bar, name your poison, step up to the line drawn on the barroom floor, and after drinking make a toast and throw the glass into the fireplace. Itโs an odd tradition but one thatโs led to some interesting stories. And donโt worry about the costโCallahan gets his glasses at bulk discount.
Callahanโs Secret may be one that nobodyโnot even the regularsโwould guess, or it may be as simple as listening to all those post-toast stories. After all, shared pain is lessened and shared joy is increasedโa simple concept that could, after a few drinks, lead to saving the world.
Spider Robinson is renowned for his Callahanโs Place series of bestselling novels. With his late wife, Jeanne, he wrote the award-winning Stardance series. As an audiobook reader of his own and othersโ work, he has won the Earphones Award and been a finalist for the Audie Awards. In 2008, he won the Robert A. Heinlein Award for Lifetime Excellence in Literature.
Barrett Whitener has been narrating audiobooks since 1992. His recordings have won several awards, including the prestigious Audie Award and numerous Earphones Awards. AudioFile magazine has named him one of the Best Voices of the Century.