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The Genesis Machine #2
Decryption
The pods are opening – and their new visitors are all-too-human...
Expert linguist Charlie and her team of NCIS agents are hot on the trail of the mysterious alien pods. But after a new arrival opens to reveal a young child, her investigation is thrown into chaos. Faced with terrifying questions about the true origins of their seemingly extra-terrestrial visitors, Charlie is plunged into a race against time to unscramble a mysterious text before more pods arrive.
But when a budding relationship with her teammate Special Agent Demarco brings shocking new secrets to light, Charlie finds herself torn between her loyalty to her country and her newfound feelings for the handsome yet distant agent.
With a dangerous saboteur lurking behind the scenes, Charlie’s struggle to decipher the pods puts her in the cross-hairs of an unknown enemy. And after a code-red emergency thrusts the team’s true loyalties into the light, Charlie must risk everything to identify the truth and protect humanity...
Tensions are rising in the explosive second book in The Genesis Machine saga. With a hair-raising mix of high-octane action, thrilling mysteries, and twists that you’ll never see coming, this sci-fi novel is a must-read for fans of fast-paced technothrillers. Scroll up and grab your copy today...
This book was originally released on Kindle Vella in serialized format. This version has been edited and split into three Inception, Decryption, and Revelation.
Expert linguist Charlie and her team of NCIS agents are hot on the trail of the mysterious alien pods. But after a new arrival opens to reveal a young child, her investigation is thrown into chaos. Faced with terrifying questions about the true origins of their seemingly extra-terrestrial visitors, Charlie is plunged into a race against time to unscramble a mysterious text before more pods arrive.
But when a budding relationship with her teammate Special Agent Demarco brings shocking new secrets to light, Charlie finds herself torn between her loyalty to her country and her newfound feelings for the handsome yet distant agent.
With a dangerous saboteur lurking behind the scenes, Charlie’s struggle to decipher the pods puts her in the cross-hairs of an unknown enemy. And after a code-red emergency thrusts the team’s true loyalties into the light, Charlie must risk everything to identify the truth and protect humanity...
Tensions are rising in the explosive second book in The Genesis Machine saga. With a hair-raising mix of high-octane action, thrilling mysteries, and twists that you’ll never see coming, this sci-fi novel is a must-read for fans of fast-paced technothrillers. Scroll up and grab your copy today...
This book was originally released on Kindle Vella in serialized format. This version has been edited and split into three Inception, Decryption, and Revelation.
- GenresScience Fiction
204 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 14, 2023
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About the author
K.J. Gillenwater
23 books132 followersK. J. Gillenwater has a B.A. in English and Spanish from Valparaiso University and an M.A. in Latin American Studies from University of California, Santa Barbara. She worked as a Russian linguist in the U.S. Navy, spending time at the National Security Agency doing secret things. After six years of service, she ended up as a technical writer in the software industry.
She has lived all over the U.S. and currently resides in Wyoming with her family where she writes business writing government proposals and squeezes in fiction writing when she can.
In the winter she likes to ski and snowshoe; in the summer she likes to garden with her husband, take walks with her dog, and go exploring in the mountains. She is the author of the popular Genesis Machine series that has had hundreds of thousands of Kindle Unlimited pages read.
She has lived all over the U.S. and currently resides in Wyoming with her family where she writes business writing government proposals and squeezes in fiction writing when she can.
In the winter she likes to ski and snowshoe; in the summer she likes to garden with her husband, take walks with her dog, and go exploring in the mountains. She is the author of the popular Genesis Machine series that has had hundreds of thousands of Kindle Unlimited pages read.
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March 8, 2024
Strange Comings and Goings
Decryption (The Genesis Machine Book 2) and Book 1, filled that place in my Science Fiction soul where women are strong and smart, the World comes back from total destruction and caring, feeling men blow it all over again. Or something like that.
K. J. Gillenwater writes like I want to write, creative storytelling wrapped around characters you can sink your teeth into. As the danger level grows, a character trait sucks you in, seducing your senses to relax and then around the next corner your trap awaits.
Through getting to know the staff of NCIS A, a clandestine group of combined military and citizen staff, you are led to understand their mission is related to UAP's (the old UFO's). However, nothing, and no one is really what they seem to be.
Charlie Cutter is recruited out of language school, where she easily maintained a 4.0 grade point only to discover that her CO is really interested in the translation work she did in college on an ancient manuscript containing symbols, words and formulas but abandoned it to enlist.
Cutter's co-workers are from different backgrounds, Kellerman, an IT specialist from Area 51, DeMarco, whom she slowly comes to figure out, Storm, their Medical Examiner who likes to go out to paint and sip's and the rest of her military cohorts.
Cutter has put herself in a precarious position by her involvement with DeMarco and, as the book ends, is taking a big chance. I can't wait for the next book in the series.
Decryption (The Genesis Machine Book 2) and Book 1, filled that place in my Science Fiction soul where women are strong and smart, the World comes back from total destruction and caring, feeling men blow it all over again. Or something like that.
K. J. Gillenwater writes like I want to write, creative storytelling wrapped around characters you can sink your teeth into. As the danger level grows, a character trait sucks you in, seducing your senses to relax and then around the next corner your trap awaits.
Through getting to know the staff of NCIS A, a clandestine group of combined military and citizen staff, you are led to understand their mission is related to UAP's (the old UFO's). However, nothing, and no one is really what they seem to be.
Charlie Cutter is recruited out of language school, where she easily maintained a 4.0 grade point only to discover that her CO is really interested in the translation work she did in college on an ancient manuscript containing symbols, words and formulas but abandoned it to enlist.
Cutter's co-workers are from different backgrounds, Kellerman, an IT specialist from Area 51, DeMarco, whom she slowly comes to figure out, Storm, their Medical Examiner who likes to go out to paint and sip's and the rest of her military cohorts.
Cutter has put herself in a precarious position by her involvement with DeMarco and, as the book ends, is taking a big chance. I can't wait for the next book in the series.
October 8, 2023
More like a romance novel than Science Fiction
Not my cup of tea. The romantic love interest of a linguist and her turmoil at fitting into a team is the focus of this rambling story. Its rather like a daytime TV soap opera either some poorly explained time travel thrown in.
Not my cup of tea. The romantic love interest of a linguist and her turmoil at fitting into a team is the focus of this rambling story. Its rather like a daytime TV soap opera either some poorly explained time travel thrown in.
September 7, 2024
Decryption is not that much better than the first in the series. However, it did improve a little, so I am hopeful that the third might actually be an okay story.
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August 21, 2024Shattering Secrets & Plot Twists!
Book one established the plot and the main characters. More is revealed in Book Two, Decription, as Charlie has unlocked the key to deciphering the ancient manuscript.
Shocking revelations have been made, with more yet to be revealed. Can Charlie really trust DeMarco? Should she break his trust by revealing his secret?
These self-publishing authors have discovered that they can break up a decent length novel into multiple parts and it increases their numbers in the Amazon algorithms. Too much the pity, because the three parts of this trilogy would, in my humble opinion, make one awesome best seller. They should make a movie out of this. Or even a series!
Book one established the plot and the main characters. More is revealed in Book Two, Decription, as Charlie has unlocked the key to deciphering the ancient manuscript.
Shocking revelations have been made, with more yet to be revealed. Can Charlie really trust DeMarco? Should she break his trust by revealing his secret?
These self-publishing authors have discovered that they can break up a decent length novel into multiple parts and it increases their numbers in the Amazon algorithms. Too much the pity, because the three parts of this trilogy would, in my humble opinion, make one awesome best seller. They should make a movie out of this. Or even a series!
July 10, 2023
Deceptive deception
By the end of book one I was suspicious of everyone. Angel especially with his odd ways and apartment full of flourishing fauna. Then Kellman because, hello!!! dude is totally suspicious!! I'm really thinking now that either Charlie and Chad or one of their parents maybe came in a pod. And what's Orr's angle? Or Dr. Stern? Such a mystery!!
I wound absolutely recommend this book to anyone who loves SciFi, especially outside of the norm theories. There are some non descriptive references to intimacy but no language or violence.
By the end of book one I was suspicious of everyone. Angel especially with his odd ways and apartment full of flourishing fauna. Then Kellman because, hello!!! dude is totally suspicious!! I'm really thinking now that either Charlie and Chad or one of their parents maybe came in a pod. And what's Orr's angle? Or Dr. Stern? Such a mystery!!
I wound absolutely recommend this book to anyone who loves SciFi, especially outside of the norm theories. There are some non descriptive references to intimacy but no language or violence.
September 6, 2023
an amusing and complex tale
Some great speculative fiction here, and the interpersonal drama between the main character, Charlie, and special agent Demarco heats up and then takes a twist. Not a lot of hard science but the growing complexity of the backstory keeps it interesting. I will probably move on to book three as I am clearly hooked and want know what happens next.
Some great speculative fiction here, and the interpersonal drama between the main character, Charlie, and special agent Demarco heats up and then takes a twist. Not a lot of hard science but the growing complexity of the backstory keeps it interesting. I will probably move on to book three as I am clearly hooked and want know what happens next.
January 6, 2024
A second delight of excellence!
Ms Gillenwater weaves such rich knowledgeable detail into her contemporary sci-fi world that everything and everyone leap off the page, dramatically engage our imagination and lead us into a fervently-felt sense of total reality. I’m immediately diving into the final triad.
Ms Gillenwater weaves such rich knowledgeable detail into her contemporary sci-fi world that everything and everyone leap off the page, dramatically engage our imagination and lead us into a fervently-felt sense of total reality. I’m immediately diving into the final triad.
January 9, 2024
Can’t wait for the third book in the trilogy
Characters continue to develop twists and turns in the plot, read the book in one day. I believe I can predict how things are going to turn out given some of the things disclosed at the end, however, doesn’t lessen the desire to read the third book.
Characters continue to develop twists and turns in the plot, read the book in one day. I believe I can predict how things are going to turn out given some of the things disclosed at the end, however, doesn’t lessen the desire to read the third book.
September 22, 2023
Great book
This series drew me in, hook, line and sinker. Couldn't put it down. I've read the first two books and can't wait to get started on the third. Has a great cast of characters, some you love and some you hate. Well written and I recommend reading.
This series drew me in, hook, line and sinker. Couldn't put it down. I've read the first two books and can't wait to get started on the third. Has a great cast of characters, some you love and some you hate. Well written and I recommend reading.
October 12, 2023
The saga continues as more entrigue comes to light
Time travel is a fact. Still not knowing who is on the right side of conflicts, our brainiac had has many problems to straighten out just to survive. Time for chapter three
Time travel is a fact. Still not knowing who is on the right side of conflicts, our brainiac had has many problems to straighten out just to survive. Time for chapter three
October 4, 2023
So far, so good...
I have enjoyed it very much, so far. Looking forward to picking up the thread and continuing in Book No. 3.
I have enjoyed it very much, so far. Looking forward to picking up the thread and continuing in Book No. 3.
November 18, 2023
good story
A unique story of time travel coming to us from the past rather than the future. I still don’t like the main character though, so I may not read further than this.
A unique story of time travel coming to us from the past rather than the future. I still don’t like the main character though, so I may not read further than this.
January 2, 2024
I thought this was interesting, but way too short. Books 1, 2 and 3 probably could be combined. I'm on to Book 3 now.
July 6, 2024
Good book!
August 13, 2024
Good story.
Good story. Simple plot. Too short ends too soon. Buy next book. Commercial interest over art. Serials sell so break up the story into short books.
Good story. Simple plot. Too short ends too soon. Buy next book. Commercial interest over art. Serials sell so break up the story into short books.
November 24, 2024
I really liked it
January 21, 2025
Enjoyed reading.
Looking to read the 3rd in the series next.
Looking to read the 3rd in the series next.
September 14, 2025
Crazy secrets
Almost no one is who they portray themselves to be and the secrets are numerous. This book contains a lot of surprises and hints a even more to come in book 3
Almost no one is who they portray themselves to be and the secrets are numerous. This book contains a lot of surprises and hints a even more to come in book 3
November 13, 2025
loving this series!
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