Thank you to Hyperion Avenue and NetGalley for an electronic readers copy of this novel.

I'm a big fan of the X-files, I've watched all of the seasons and seen the movies. This novel takes place directly after events of Season 11. Mulder and Scully are together, somewhat, but still in a little bit of limbo. I don't want to put spoilers but I think fans of the series will enjoy it. I didn't come in with high expectations, but I enjoyed it. I don't know if non-fans would even be interested. I would definitely recommend it for people who miss the show and wonder what the characters are up to.

Claudia Gray did a good job at capturing the dialogue and characterizations of the main characters. She does leave the door open for a sequel...

Perihelion by Claudia Gray is good for longtime fans and new readers as well

The really nice thing about Perihelion is that it can work for old fans and new converts equally. Obviously, there is a lot of history in The X-files world. Having at least a passing familiarity with this canon will help readers to fully understand and enjoy Perihelion.

But here’s the great thing, you don’t actually need it. Gray provides enough backstory as she goes that you can catch-on and understand what’s happening. And her story is technically a whole new conspiracy, so you don’t need to know what happened in the past to understand what’s happening now. This allows for new potential fans to enter this world without feeling completely lost. That’s a really tough line to walk, especially with a canon that’s as long and well-established as this one, but Grey does it masterfully. Conspiracy fans old and young will love having another wild ride with Scully and Mulder, and should be able to look forward to many more.

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Damn to go back into the X-Files... It really felt like no time had passed at all. It was wonderful to read about my favorite characters again. I hope there will be another book since how it was left off. I mean let's face it the X-Files can never truly end anyhow.... Always another something to chase, the theories are endless now days.

I love how this author basically continued from where the show kind of left things for us. With "their" son William being mentioned throughout this book is a great nod to the what if. And Scully and Mulder do touch and talk about all of that in this story. They do chase after a killer as the blurb states, but there is another story that isn't such a side story. It kind of gave me the TV show Heroes vibes and I enjoyed that. And I really am loving the whole Scully and Mulder relationship as well, it's the come on guys you know you wanna be together truly so stop playing us. Ha ha
But seriously I think they come to realize a lot from their time with the FBI and their trauma over everything.
If you love anything X-Files then pick this book up. Show the author some love so we can get more books.

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The X-Files: Perihelion by Claudia Gray
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It’s been a while since I watched an episode of The X-Files or the two movies, but this book made it easy to jump right back in. Whatever I had missed or forgotten was easily explained in this storyline. Mulder and Scully’s dead son William was heavy on their minds in this one as Scully is pregnant once again. And a serial killer with some kind of electrical powers is on the loose murdering pregnant women in their neighborhood. This was such a good story and it captured these beloved characters so well. It really made me miss the series. I foresee an X-Files binge coming on in my near future.

Thank you, @NetGalley, @HyperionAveBooks, and @Claudia_Gray for my gifted copy. I loved it!

Mulder and Scully are preparing for the birth of their child. After the death of their son, they never thought they’d get another chance to be parents. They are cautious and taking no chances. They are closer than ever and will make this work. Then, the FBI calls. Once again, they need the help of Mulder and Scully. They want to re-open the X-Files.

There are two serial killers under mysterious circumstances. Mulder and Scully aren’t sure they want to be part of this especially with a baby on the way. However, they agree to bring justice for the victims. They are stunned to find this case is even bigger than they thought.

As a fan of the original X-Files TV series, I was happy to see this book. It’s obvious the author knows these characters. She wrote them keeping true to their original characters. I could easily picture them in my mind saying these words.

The story picks up where the TV series left off. It’s been so long since I watched the show that I needed a refresher course, and the author provided the back story throughout the book. I was easily reminded of past events.

I do believe X-Files fans will enjoy this the most, but paranormal and science fiction fans will like it too. Still, I do believe it’s more for fans of the show. It gives us a chance to see “what happened next”. Kind of a love letter to the fans.

The ending was a powerful one and I can easily see this continuing on with a sequel. There’s certainly enough material for one or maybe even more. Once I finished the book, I didn’t want to let go of the characters. I may need to make time for a re-watch of the TV series. The author did well in continuing the X-Files franchise. I know I’m ready for more.











FTC Disclosure: I voluntarily reviewed a free Advance Reader Copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are my own.

The FBI has called upon the two seasoned agents, who were previously suspended from the bureau. The duo have been asked to investigate an unusual murder by the hands of a Washington, DC serial killer. However,the latest crime scene appears to have ties to the supernatural. This new X-File case appeals to Scully, as the serial killer’s victims are pregnant women; like herself. Mulder and Scully still mourn the loss of their son, William. Yet, a rekindling of their relationship is sparked by the mysterious pregnancy of Scully. The couple dust off their guns to report back to the FBI headquarters to find new files for X-Files. They cautiously agree, concerned about the safety of their own unborn child yet committed to finding justice for the killer’s victims. The Inheritors, a mysterious group lingering in the shadows have intentions of altering the course of humanity! The members are cautions of Mulder and Scully and keep a watchful eye on the duo. As Dana’s pregnancy progresses and through her and Mulder’s investigation of the X-File. They discover that it isn’t another X-File case but that it is connected to a worldwide threat.

This novel is a story of self discovery in a world of constant change, violence, and mystery! It reminds me of the X-files I used to watch on tv. I was. A big fan fox-Files. I even had a calendar of X-Files at work. Read this even if you Don’t know X-Files. It’s good!

Claudia Gray has brought her incredible talent to the X-Files in this post-season eleven novel starring Mulder and Scully. Struggling to find purpose away from the X-Files and the basement of the FBI building after their son William’s death, Scully’s pregnancy (and the questions around it) may just provide them with a chance to strengthen their relationship and protect their second chance as a family. However, the FBI wants them back on the X-Files, this time to solve a case that involves a serial killer targeting pregnant women and possessing electricity-based powers based in DC. With understandable concerns about the case and working at the FBI, Mulder and Scully take on this X-File, but a shadowy organization and a new, undefined worldwide threat that directly targets Mulder and Scully’s future emerge as the investigation begins. With iconic established characters, Gray does the show justice in this incredible book. Alternating between Mulder and Scully’s perspectives, she brings the show into the modern age and crafts a new investigation and X-File that fits into the larger mythology of the show. A fascinating and complex read, fans of the show and of Gray’s other work will definitely enjoy this novel and a return to the iconic show.

Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are still reeling from the death of their son William, but cautiously joyous about Scully’s unexpected pregnancy. Determined to raise this child together, Mulder and Scully try to find meaning outside of the X-Files and within their relationship. The FBI asks for their help tracking down two mysterious serial killers: one who seems to be able to control electricity, and another who disappears in a puff of smoke. It’s enough for the Bureau to re-open the X-Files—if Mulder and Scully are willing.

I'm a huge X-Files fan, especially of the seasons starring Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Nothing against the later seasons, I just wasn't as enthralled as the earlier ones. This novel takes place after the eleventh season, with the heirs to the Syndicate lurking in the shadows as our dynamic duo investigates. If you forgot about the details of the series, we get a summary of concerns and the conspiracies surrounding Scully's first child William. Her relationship with Mulder is tentative at the start of the book, and each had left the FBI. Mulder works with podcasters and Scully works as a pediatrician at a genetic research facility when they're called back to the FBI. They reference old hurts, lies, experiments, and conspiracies that they were involved in in the 1990s at the start of their careers in the X-Files.

In addition to the investigation aspect of this book, we also see the Inheritors, the new shadow organization picking up where the Syndicate left off. Their killer Robin Vane is the shadow man that the duo is chasing in one plot thread, as he's getting rid of any remaining Syndicate members. He's also spying on Mulder and Scully to report back to the Inheritors, who plan to profit off the chaos left in the Syndicate's wake. The killer able to fry electronics is going after pregnant women, meaning Scully is soon drawn into his crosshairs. Her spontaneous pregnancy was unassisted by modern medicine when she's in her 50s now, bringing up another story thread.

There's a lot of repetition as they cycle through their grief, old conspiracy theories compared to new ones, and the very real fears of being an FBI agent while pregnant. The book carries the vibe of the show, and I could imagine the serial killer investigations proceeding in much the same manner. We have new conspiracies here, and hooks for a potential novel series becoming a twelfth season of the X-Files.

let's here it for an author who understands the best parts of the X-files and that is the relationship, the intelligence and respect that underlies the mulder and scully relationship. I was glad that Claudia Gray understood their style and banter and could also run with that disaster of a finale (IMO) and pick up the pieces anyway. Well done! Leaning into where the characters were at the end of the series, giving them some hope and direction, but realistically moving them back into the FBI and mysteries. Gray leans into past stories from the series well (maybe a bit much if you aren't a big fan) and also brings in the fun pop culture /sociopolitical winks that were nicely dropped into the show if you were paying attention.
I like that this clearly sets the stage for new books, which I will read with joy, and honors the best parts of a series that I still love even all these decades later.
I gave this five stars for the joy I had reading this, it's not an earth shattering book but it's for the fans and this fan loved it.

Amazing read! It’s just like turning on the television and watching an episode of The X-Files with Mulder and Scully knowing that the truth is out there, you just have to find it. It’s like no time has passed at all and the story just continues even though you know it’s been years but this book just seems to flow seamlessly into the X-Files that can only be investigated by Mulder and Scully. They have just been called back to the FBI and there are new people that they are working with on a new variation of the X-files and they are not quite sure that they can trust them but are willing to give it a try. Mulder also has an informant that Scully isn’t sure about and turns out that she may be right to question her motives. Hope there will be a follow up to this book. Many thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for an advance copy in return for an honest review! I would definitely recommend this book! Love it!

X Files 
Perihelion
Claudia Gray

Mulder and Scully live in downtown DC and Scully is in the first trimester of pregnancy. One they hope will not result in the devastating heartbreak of their previous parenting experience. 

Mulder is doing work a profiler for private security (I gave up profiling) 

Skully is working on a genetics project. 

They get a call from AD Morrison of the FBI. (We have a new case) 

Well, there are actually multiple cases. No one has been working the X files in months. There is a serial killer targeting pregnant women who seemingly overloads any electronics in the area when he attacks. 
There is also a hush hush murder spree of the clandestine powerful happening that has apparently one thing in common--the killer appears to vanish into a cloud of smoke. 
The FBI asks them to return and tackle these and a basement full of fresh X Files. 
(X files theme) 
Due to the nature of the crimes, the undercurrent of what Skully's work is revealing, and Mulder's never ending curiosity, they crack open those files and start investigating 

There are multiple antagonists, a lot of moving parts, and references to 
Clyde Bruckman
Carl Busch
Jackson VanDekamp
Eugene Tooms
And, of course, John Doggett 
There's a sub plot regarding Skinner that appears to have its own agenda brewing for another story. 

We also get all sorts of pop culture berries associated with 
Captain Pike of Star Trek
Batman
Avatar
X Men (Wolverine) 
WandaVision
Who's the Boss
Stephen King 

But, mainly we get to spend time with these characters doing what they do best. Investigate and have great chemistry. Claudia Gray knows Mulder and Skully and they read like Mulder and Skully at their peak, but with new wisdom. It's highly enjoyable, yet does bite off more than just serving up a good stand alone X Files story. It also does a lot of seed planting for future X Files novels. 

I wish it had does less trying to create a new future playing field of stories, and less living in the past--a lot of dwelling on former cases--and more just telling a good X File story. It was great to spend time with our old friends and watch them navigate a culture very different than the 90s. It was as good or better than the Xfiles revival from a few years ago.

I give it a solid B.

To say I loved The X-Files when it originally aired is a bit of an understatement. The show consumed me for years as I breathlessly waited for the next installment. Naturally, I read many of the tie-in novels associated with the show over the years, including the early ones trying to cash in on the show's rise to popularity which may or may not have been all that great. Still, at least they scratched a certain itch.

One thing many novels associated with the show had in common was they rarely tied into the ongoing central mythology of the show. Part of this was probably that the books didn't want to offer an explanation that was contradicted by the next sweeps week mythology two-parter and the other is that Chris Carter and company were making the mythology up as they went along.

Finally, after thirty years of waiting, Claudia Gray has delivered a novel that feels like it's channeling the best parts of the television show to the printed page with The X-Files: Perihelion. Set after the revelations of the last aired season of the show, Gray is left to pick up the pieces that Carter left of the show and possibly spin the show onto the printed page. As Mulder and Scully try to come to grips with the revelations put forth in season eleven, they find themselves at a crossroads both professionally and personally.

The FBI has a series of cases that need an office like the one Mulder and Scully inhabited for so many years, leading to the X-Files being opened (yet again) and the duo reinstated. Meanwhile, the two are juggling if they're together romantically and the news that Scully is expecting a baby and just what that could mean for them. Add in a series of apparent attacks on pregnant women and the remnants of the Syndicate trying to get the band together and you've got a lot of the threads that made the show must-see -- well, at least for this fan.

In her epilogue, Gray notes that The X-Files was the first series with a huge, vocal, passionate, and involved online fandom and that she was part of it back in the day. Her love of the characters of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully comes across page after page as she creates dialogue and reactions that feel like they're coming from the mouths of David Duchonvy and Gillian Anderson. There are some great character beats here as both struggle to figure out if they're going to make it as a couple this time and if going back to the X-Files again is the best thing for them personally and professionally.

Where the book doesn't exactly knock it out of the park is the cases Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate. Scully notices a pattern of pregnant women near her being attacked and the reason behind was something I worked out a few chapters before our heroes did, thus rendering some of the suspense and drama moot. And watching as a new group of rogues tries to fan the flames of the embers of the Syndicate is hit or miss. At first, I was all in, but later developments left me scratching my head and wondering about a few things.

I don't know the plans for this novel -- or beyond it. Is this the first of a series of books designed to expand the characters and story beyond the mess Carter left in the final episodes? If it is, I can't say that I wouldn't pick up the next installment, especially if Gray is at the helm.

What Perihelion does best is it takes me back to those Friday and Sunday evenings in the 90s when this show was one of the best things on TV and I had faith the writing team knew where this whole mythology thread was headed. Gray's work in capturing the spirit of the characters is top notch and the novel left me satisfied in a way none of the previous tie-in novels for this series did.

I will warn readers that a journey through the mythology episodes of seasons 10 and 11 may be useful here as a refresher course before diving in. Gray does a great job of reminding readers of story beats and character moments, but I found myself almost wanting to dust off the DVDs of season 11 and dive back in. Gray makes some great lemonade with the lemons Chris Carter gave us to end season 11. That alone makes this book worth it.

My thanks to NetGelly and Hyperion/Buena Vista Books for the ARC of "X Files: Perihelion" in exchange for an honest review.
Here's a book that millions of X Files fans will thrill to immerse themselves in. I know I certainly did..
I'm not sure how to diplomatically discuss any details here since the story is steeped deep into the entire X Files mythology and backstories of all the previous seasons. But I feel comfortable in revealing that FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are still in pursuit in finding out the Truth That's Out There and as always, they should Trust No One.
Somehow, they're back on the job, made doubly perilous by their being blessed with Scully's miraculous pregnancy. And they're faced with multiple formidable threats at the same time = a serial killer/monster-of-the-week who's targeting pregnant women, an assassin who can literally go up in smoke and back again, and a new iteration of their worst global conspiracy enemies.
Author Claudia Gray makes superb use of the novel form in the ability to lay out a fully detailed picture of Mulder and Scully's tortured pasts that lead them to their current adventures. X-Filers who've always wanted an articulate presentation of their unseen, unspoken private lives and inner thoughts will find a true bounty here.
I wouldn't dream of revealing anything else, except to say I couldn't have enjoyed this book more look forward to author Gray continuing on with more.

Just like the TV Show
As a long-time fan of the Television Series, I’ve enjoyed the movies that were produced along with the series. This is the first book I’ve read that features the quirky, and now more than ever relevant show.
The story picks up right after the last episode of the series “My Struggle IV” which aired in March 2018. Claudia Gray has written the characters, feeling, and tension of the original series as if she were Chris Carter. As I was reading, I could see the writing play out in my mind. The plot and pacing were excellent, the threads of the last episode picked up carefully, and the characters are spot on. I am hoping that if Chris Carter and company don’t decide to follow up Season 11, then I hope that Claudia Gray picks up the still open threads and continues to weave them into more books. As other reviewers have said, this book is near perfect, and is true to the original series.
I received and ARC copy of the book from the Publisher, Hyperion Avenue through NetGalley and this is my honest opinion.

Perihelion picks up right after the end of The X-Files Season 11, so I recommend catching up with the show before you pick this up. It follows Mulder and Scully as they return to the X-Files to search for a serial killer who channels electricity and targets pregnant women. A larger plot involving those left behind after the fall of the Syndicate is also woven into the story.

I truly felt like I was watching an episode of The X-Files as I was reading this. In the author’s acknowledgment, Gray mentions that she is a long-time fan of the show, which definitely came through in her writing. She captured the spirit of the show and the complexity of the characters. Mulder and Scully are expecting a child together, so Scully’s pregnancy is a focus of concern throughout the story – because of her overall history, the circumstances surrounding William, and the nature of the serial killer they are pursuing. I enjoyed seeing the relationship between Mulder and Scully grow even stronger. The small nods to prior episodes and characters were also fun to come across. I’ve been watching The X-Files since the early seasons and have rewatched the entire series multiple times. This book was a solid addition to the existing series, and I hope Gray gets to write more X-Files stories in the future.

Many thanks to author Claudia Gray, Hyperion Avenue, and NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of The X-Files: Perihelion in exchange for my review.

The truth is out there.

A splendid follow up to the X Files we love and appreciate in all its majesty. Claudia Grey captures the essence of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully beautifully and continues the spirit of X Files with a personal and emotional mystery that has has tremendous impacts on our favorite protagonists. Tons of twisty turns and a suspenseful ride through and through.

The X-Files: Perihelion is a great addition to the X-Files story! Claudia Gray does a great job reminding the reader of the events of the TV show so readers who haven't watched the show for a while can drive straight into reading this book.

Scully and Mulder are their authentic selves and the story drew me in right from the start. Reading this book felt just like watching a brand new episode of the X-Files! I would recommend this book to any fans of the original series.

I look forward to the potential sequel to this story!

I was provided an advanced copy of this book, courtesy of the publisher and author via Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

This book brought back so much nostalgia for me having been a huge fan of the television series. The author did an amazing job of portraying Mulder and Scully, and I liked how well the plotline was tied into the show. I enjoyed the investigations and the unravelling of the mysteries with an element of danger that made this such a suspenseful read. I highly recommend this one for fans of sci-fi thrillers.

It was nice to be back in the world of X-Files. I was a fan of the series, although I didn't see every episode. The William plotline is back and you visit with the older versions of Scully and Mulder. They are returning to FBI work complete with shadowy characters and killers. Scully is pregnant and she and Mulder are trying to make a go of living together. If you are waiting for that next episode of X-Files, this is the book for you.

I feel like I’ve been waiting for this book all my life. It doesn’t matter you are a life-long X-Files fan or just starting your adventure into the X-Files, this book will fill you in and also make you want to believe. Also the acknowledgments made me laugh, and now I want to watch the show from the beginning. There’s also bees, so probably the movie as well. Did I mention this was written by none other than Claudia Gray? Enjoy it.