This omnibus edition contains the trilogy of science fiction books that introduced the world to Mike Callahan and all of the regulars at CallahanтАЩs Place.
CallahanтАЩs 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. ItтАЩs 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 CallahanтАЩs. 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. ItтАЩs an odd tradition but one thatтАЩs led to some interesting stories. And donтАЩt worry about the costтАФCallahan gets his glasses at bulk discount.
CallahanтАЩs Secret may be one that nobodyтАФnot even the regularsтАФwould 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 increasedтАФa simple concept that could, after a few drinks, lead to saving the world.
Spider Robinson is renowned for his CallahanтАЩs 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 othersтАЩ 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.