The Genesis Machine Box Set: Inception, Decryption, Revelation

by K.J. Gillenwater

The Genesis Machine Box Set contains all three Inception, Decryption and Revelation



Aliens have arrived... and this isn’t the first time.

When expert Navy linguist and cryptographer Charlie Cutter is recruited into a shadowy wing of the NCIS, she’s tasked with unravelling a mysterious ancient text that has puzzled researchers for centuries. Charlie isn’t eager to revisit her previous failures... but when she discovers the same strange language in top-secret photographs, she finds herself roped into a job that could make or break her young career.

After a strange pod crashes to earth during a violent storm, Charlie and her small team uncover an incredible aliens have landed on earth – and not for the first time. Catapulted into a thrilling mystery that will carry them from the political swamps of D.C. to the scorching Las Vegas desert, Charlie must race against time to crack the code and save humanity from a possible alien invasion.

Surrounded by a web of secrets and lies, Charlie struggles to track down the origin of the pods – and unmask the hidden motives of their extra-terrestrial visitors. The mystery stretches back centuries... and it leads Charlie to a shocking revelation that will change everything.




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...




The last piece of the puzzle is about to fall into place – and the truth is more terrifying than anyone imagined.

Time is running out for Charlie and the NCIS. After another pod survivor lands in the desert outside Las Vegas, a surprise encounter drives a wedge through the tight-knit group and sends the team spiralling into chaos.

When Special Agent Demarco goes rogue on a revenge-fueled vendetta, Charlie and the remains of her team are catapulted on a collision course with a final explosive confrontation. Struggling to assemble the last pieces of the puzzle, she discovers an alarming secret partnership... along with a malevolent plan that must be stopped at all costs.

And after she unearths a secret lab with a discovery that threatens the entire human race, Charlie realizes that the truth behind the pods is far more horrifying than she ever could have guessed... and that not everyone is getting out of this alive.


This book was originally released on Kindle Vella in serialized format. This version has been edited.

Genres: Science Fiction

579 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 1, 2023

About the author

K. 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.

Reviews

[Gary Hardenburg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Need to read all 3 books because the first 2 have no ending

I’m rating this set as a 4 but if I were rating each individual book, I would rate them a 3. I did enjoy the story since it is a unique time travel concept. I also enjoyed most of the character development. However, book 1 and book 2 have no ending. No loose ends are tied up. The reader is just left with a partial story. Since I had all three books, I was able to simple read the next book. If I hadn’t had all three, I would have been very disappointed. Also, the last book dragged on. I could see the end coming but there was too much emotional baggage from all the characters. Demarco, for example, was described over and over as to how angry he was. It became annoying. All that said, though, the trilogy is worth reading, the time travel unique and a satisfying ending is done in book 3.

[Linda T · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too violent

Story starts out as an intellectual challenge and kept my interest and then it just all became violent and stupid. One of the lead protagonists becomes angry and out of control and then suddenly he's fine again.

[Dave T · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really interesting

This story was really well written and had an intriguing take on time travel. Plus it had a great ending which I always appreciate.