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World Tour
Making the most of an injury-induced early retirement in Hawaii, a former NFL star turned tour guide, Uzmahndey, finds himself thrust into an interdimensional conflict that will test the limits of his strength, wit, and belief.
When a strange woman shows up with a baby and books a routine trip to Kilauea, Uz's curiosity is piqued. But nothing could prepare him for the revelation that ancient gods are real, and attempting to manipulate human destiny for their own inscrutable purposes. His newfound companion is revealed to be a beautiful and enigmatic android, whose existence defies all logic. But her offer of riches and, more importantly, a way back into the NFL, has Uz ready to risk it all.
Together, with the help of a little alien technology, they must dismantle a web of myth and danger that spans the globe, threatening all of mankind. Caught in a war between hyper intelligent aliens and the whims of ancient deities, he must navigate treacherous alliances and unearth long-buried truths to save humanity from domination.
But in a world where nothing is as it seems, what chance does he have?
In this riveting, near-future sci-fi thriller, alliances will be forged, destinies will collide, and the fate of the world will rest in the hands of unlikely heroes.
When a strange woman shows up with a baby and books a routine trip to Kilauea, Uz's curiosity is piqued. But nothing could prepare him for the revelation that ancient gods are real, and attempting to manipulate human destiny for their own inscrutable purposes. His newfound companion is revealed to be a beautiful and enigmatic android, whose existence defies all logic. But her offer of riches and, more importantly, a way back into the NFL, has Uz ready to risk it all.
Together, with the help of a little alien technology, they must dismantle a web of myth and danger that spans the globe, threatening all of mankind. Caught in a war between hyper intelligent aliens and the whims of ancient deities, he must navigate treacherous alliances and unearth long-buried truths to save humanity from domination.
But in a world where nothing is as it seems, what chance does he have?
In this riveting, near-future sci-fi thriller, alliances will be forged, destinies will collide, and the fate of the world will rest in the hands of unlikely heroes.
493 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 10, 2024
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June 3, 2024
This was a long, interesting read. Hawaiian resident Uz is an injured football player who is hoping to get his knee back in shape and play again. When an awkward woman comes into his tour company office and pays way to much for a trip to a volcano for her and her infant daughter, he gladly accepts. Upon arriving, the woman named Angela walks past the barriers and right up to the volcano opening, dropping cheerios from a tupperware container down inside the lava. A strange shadow whisks out afterward. When Uz tries to get her to stop and tell him what the cheerios were, he makes a rash decision to eat three of the cheerios. Turns out? Angela is a robot with crazy intelligence sent by an alien race, and UZ also swallowed three tiny robots that can help him be extra strong, heal quickly, and mentally speak with him, Angela, and the A.I. that is helping with their mission. And so starts a world tour of amazing locations that are also openings to deep earth, where titans that have been ruling earth from for millennia. Angela must cut off all their dwellings and portals with the cheerios. Over several weeks, the baby grows abnormally fast, being fed information by the A.I. and becoming a quirky teen who's mission is to procreate more alien-human cross breeds. She is the first of her kind, and Angela enlists Uz to protect them and help fulfill their mission in exchange for another chance at being an amazing football player again.
I really liked the cool places in the world we got to tour with the characters, and the descriptions really helped make the monotony of a lot of stops with similar outcomes be defined and experiential. I don't know if the author has been to all these places or did intense research. It's good that I don't know for sure. It is well done.
I knew going into it that I would have a hard time relating to an adult male injured athlete protagonist, and I was right. Uz is as guy as they come. The story did show us a transformation in that he became protective and heroic, coming out of a deadbeat stupor, but some of those emotions seemed a bit of stretch. I would have asked more questions, second guessed whether I was doing the right thing by assisting aliens claiming to protect and create peace on earth in exchange for a promise of a second try at a dream. He does this, but its passing thoughts, not crazy moral dilemmas.
He also falls in love with Angela as she adapts and becomes more and more human-like. Their dynamic at first is funny and fun, but then it gets weird when they finally make love and she gets pregnant with another alien-human crossbreed son. Meanwhile, the teen girl is making passes at him, as he's the only male she's really got to know, so they shove her toward several people and eventually land her a husband, a friend of Uz's. I had a really hard time with some of the behavior of the daughter Charlie as she became lustful and angst-filled. It just felt wrong at times. I get what the author was going for, but it felt too-young with too-old.
By 80%, some things are feeling repetitive. I also felt like this could have used some paring down and editing, but overall it was an interesting, unique read for me.
I really liked the cool places in the world we got to tour with the characters, and the descriptions really helped make the monotony of a lot of stops with similar outcomes be defined and experiential. I don't know if the author has been to all these places or did intense research. It's good that I don't know for sure. It is well done.
I knew going into it that I would have a hard time relating to an adult male injured athlete protagonist, and I was right. Uz is as guy as they come. The story did show us a transformation in that he became protective and heroic, coming out of a deadbeat stupor, but some of those emotions seemed a bit of stretch. I would have asked more questions, second guessed whether I was doing the right thing by assisting aliens claiming to protect and create peace on earth in exchange for a promise of a second try at a dream. He does this, but its passing thoughts, not crazy moral dilemmas.
He also falls in love with Angela as she adapts and becomes more and more human-like. Their dynamic at first is funny and fun, but then it gets weird when they finally make love and she gets pregnant with another alien-human crossbreed son. Meanwhile, the teen girl is making passes at him, as he's the only male she's really got to know, so they shove her toward several people and eventually land her a husband, a friend of Uz's. I had a really hard time with some of the behavior of the daughter Charlie as she became lustful and angst-filled. It just felt wrong at times. I get what the author was going for, but it felt too-young with too-old.
By 80%, some things are feeling repetitive. I also felt like this could have used some paring down and editing, but overall it was an interesting, unique read for me.
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