ATLANTA, GA - September 16, 2025 - Marketing professional and first-time author Scott Cagle enters the literary scene with RIFT, a chilling speculative thriller that tears open the fabric of time itself. Blurring the boundaries between historical mystery and modern-day horror, RIFT introduces readers to a reality where forgotten creatures resurface and secrets long buried claw their way back into the light.
The novel begins in 1997 with the unexplained disappearance of Atlanta police officer John Cooper, last seen responding to a report of a loose tiger. Twenty-five years later, Dr. Kaori Tsunaki, a brilliant but haunted veterinary pathologist, is summoned to New Mexico to inspect what’s believed to be a rogue elephant carcass. Instead, she discovers the impossible: a creature extinct for over 200 million years.
What follows is a haunting cascade of events: prehistoric predators appearing in suburban neighborhoods, timelines fraying, and reality bending at the seams. Tsunaki is soon pulled into a dangerous web of secrets, joined by two unlikely allies: Alicia Taylor, her estranged ex-lover, and James Wyatt, a conspiracy theorist obsessed with Cooper’s unsolved case. Together, they uncover a decades-old cover-up that forces them to confront a chilling question: Does hope justify horror?
“I’ve always been drawn to the strange and unexplained,” Cagle says. “RIFT was born from that fascination of what happens when history refuses to stay buried, when the cost of hiding the truth becomes greater than the truth itself.”
Blending emotional character arcs with mind-bending twists, RIFT offers a thought-provoking journey that lingers long after the last page. Readers of speculative thrillers, science fiction, and historical mysteries alike will find themselves immersed in a world where nothing and no one is what it seems.
RIFT is available now in paperback and eBook formats through major retailers.
For more information, visit https://scottcagle.com/
About the Author
Scott Cagle is a Georgia-based marketing and sales professional with a lifelong interest in science, history, and the unexplained. He writes speculative fiction that examines the cracks in reality and the hidden truths beneath. When not writing, he enjoys researching obscure historical anomalies and turning them into fresh, suspenseful narratives.
Disclaimer: The events and characters in RIFT are fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. The views and opinions expressed in the novel are those of the characters and do not necessarily reflect those of the author, publisher, or any affiliated organizations.
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