Nophek Gloss

Caiden's world is destroyed in a single catastrophic event, his family dead, and he escapes aboard a ship that appears to have physics of its own — an alien vessel with a consciousness and a universe inside it that Caiden cannot fully understand. Taken in by a crew of outcasts from across the multiverse, he begins to learn what was done to his people and why, and builds toward a single consuming purpose: destroy the organization responsible, even if it means dismantling himself in the process.

Dan Bittner narrates with the urgency the revenge-trajectory story demands — Caiden's grief and determination are not incidental but structural, and Bittner keeps the emotional drive alive across the novel's considerable world-building. BookNest Award winner for Best Debut Novel, Nophek Gloss is ambitious science fiction that rewards listeners willing to engage with its complex physics and political landscape. At just under 16 hours, it is a strong opening to a trilogy.