Saving Alice Ryan

The Whales of Time, Book 3

By: Craig Robertson

Narrated by: Scott Aiello

Over Jon Ryan's very long life, he's managed to make a lot of very powerful enemies.

Mostly, he's accomplished this antisocial feat by exterminating them because they posed a threat to galactic peace or common decency. As with any action, there can be an equal and opposite reaction. Now, a fundamental force of existence named Xyándor is after Jon. You see, Xyándor's sole purpose is to spawn chaos. So he's dead set on killing Jon because our hero snuffs out chaos on a routine basis. Most likely, this Xyándor character must've had a really troubled childhood, right?

But Xyándor has observed Jon for a very long time. He knows that it's right there next to impossible to kill Jon Ryan. The man's irritatingly resourceful, skilled, and lucky. So, instead of a direct confrontation, Xyándor elects to kidnap Jon's mother, Alice Ryan. He will use her to get his vengeance on Jon. Hey, here's a question for you: what do you think happens to anyone who even thinks about harming one hair on Jon's dear mother's head? Yeah, something very not good, that's what happens to that individual.

So it's game on. Alice is missing, and Jon's going to find her if it's the last thing he ever does. The problem is that it might very well be the last thing he ever does. You see, Xyándor has a couple of outstandingly useful assets on his side. One, he's transcendentally powerful, able to manipulate the very fabric of space/time at will. And he's not actually alive. That's gonna make killing him awfully darn hard, now won't it?

Who's your money on? Jon, because he's the lethal human that he is? Or do you favor Xyándor, an eternal lifeless demigod? Well, listen to Saving Alice Ryan and find out where the smart money is. You'll be so glad you did!

©2025 Craig Robertson (P)2025 Podium Audio

Amazing

I love Scott Aiello and how well he portrays the various characters. I thought the story was fantastic. When 3 act as 1. It was awesome to see the relationship between the John’s become cohesive when it mattered.

it was a bit different.

I liked it but it was a bit slower than the others. Still fun though.

Always an interesting listen

Would definitely recommend listening to the whole series especially with this book, or it may feel pretty random. Just as you wouldn’t hop into book 5 of hitchhikers guide if never knowing the series and hope to catch on to the bizarre

Weakest book in the entire Ryan Saga

The book rad the usual Ryan laughs and cringe worthy moments but overall it felt like minimal effort was put into the story. The usual intrigue and complexity were not there. If this was the first book in the series I doubt I would have read more…

Mediocre at best.

Disappointing, lack luster. Boring compared to the previous storyline. Wished author went into a different direction.