By Dave B.

Soldiers from 30 years in the future travel back in time and deliver a dire warning: aliens have arrived and humankind is on the verge of extinction. They need people from our time to travel to the future and help fight the nearly unstoppable scourge. Dan Forester (Chris Pratt), a former special forces operative and current disillusioned science teacher, is one of the many civilians drafted and sent to the future battlefield. While there, he learns that there is only one way to defeat the enemy: to stop them before their onslaught begins.

By Dave B.

​As humanity continues to explore new frontiers through the alien gate network, trouble is brewing closer to home. A Belter faction, led by a charismatic and ruthless leader, has gained dominance and launches an audacious plan to throw off the yolk of the inner planets forever. The crew of the Rocinate, scattered around the solar system, must face this new threat individually. But can they overcome their new adversary and all survive the oncoming storm without each other?

By Dave B.

​Things have come full circle for Hanna as she’s hiding out in the Romanian wilderness again, but this time she‘s with her friend Clara who she liberated from the Utrax facility. When Clara is captured by Utrax, Hanna will stop at nothing to save her. But Utrax’s offer to it’s young assassins has become more compelling and Hanna and Clara find themselves torn between true freedom and a seductive illusion of it. 

By Dave B.

Amazon Prime’s Upload takes place in the near future in a world where the virtual and “real” worlds coexist in surprising ways. When he’s grievously injured in a self-driving car accident, Nathan’s consciousness is uploaded into his girlfriend’s family’s digital afterlife, Lake View. As Nathan adjusts to his new, noncorporeal existence, he bonds with his customer service representative, Nora. Together, they attempt to solve the mysteries surrounding Nathan’s accident and why some of his memories appear to have been intentionally erased. 

By Dave B.

In Amazon Prime’s Hunters, when his grandmother is murdered in 1970s New York, Jonah (Logan Lerman) discovers a vast conspiracy: there are Nazis living in the United States. Confronted with this reality, he’s recruited by Meyer Offerman (Al Pacino) an old family friend, to join a group dedicated to hunting and killing these monsters. But the Nazis have their own ideas: they  haven’t given up their plans for world domination, and through their influence in the halls of American corporate and political power, they are determined to bring about a Fourth Reich.

By Dave B.

In the fourth season of The Expanse (Amazon Prime) the crew of the Rocinate is tasked with going to an illegally colonized planet to determine if ancient artifacts present there pose a threat to humanity. Meanwhile, Secretary-General Avasarala is in the midst of a reelection campaign, as she tries to halt people from colonizing over 1300 newly discovered worlds until more is understood about them and how they came to be depopulated. On Mars, Bobby Draper finds that her homeland is changing before her eyes as the aftermath of war and the potential of immediately habitable new worlds throws the need for the entire Martian terraforming project into question. 

By Dave B.

The fourth and final season of Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle finds the world on the brink of chaos as rebels in Japanese-held territories are bleeding the empire dry, and the Nazis strive for ultimate power over not just their empire and the territories of a crumbling Japan, but also over the multiverse itself. As rebels across the former United States prepare for their last stand, all hope for freedom rests on a pivotal showdown between the powerful, but embattled Reichsmarschal Smith, and the universe-hopping rebel Juliana Crain.

By Dave B.

​In Season Two of Jack Ryan (Amazon Prime), the titular hero is out for revenge. Determined to bring to justice a vicious killer, Ryan uncovers a global conspiracy that takes him from Venezuela, to London, and to the very halls of American power. As Ryan races against the clock to save a friend, he finds himself embroiled in an election that will determine the fate of a beleaguered people, and possibly, the world.

By Dave B.

In Amazon Prime’s Undone, 28-year-old Alma is living a mundane life in San Antonio, Texas when, after an argument with her sister, she gets into a car accident. This accident changes the course of her life forever, as she discovers that she has the ability to manipulate time and space. Guided by her dead father, she seeks to uncover the mystery behind his death and prevent it. Ultimately, she must face the question of whether she is a powerful shaman or is suffering from psychotic delusions. 

By Dave B.

​In Carnival Row (Amazon Prime) the homeland of the Fae has been a battleground for human empires seeking to exploit its untapped wealth. When one faction finally wins the war, the Fae are ruthlessly exploited and many are forced to flee their home for an uncertain future in The Burgue, the Fae’s nominal ally during the war. In The Burgue, two former lovers, Vignette Stonemoss (Cara Delevingne) and Philo Philostrate (Orlando Bloom) are caught up in a web of intrigue and murder as they try to navigate through each other’s vastly different worlds.