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Existential: Galaxy Burns Trilogy, Part One
David’s life couldn’t be more mundane. Stuck in a routine that bores him to tears, he drifts through his days with nothing to look forward to. When unexplained blackouts begin to haunt him—leaving behind fractured memories and a sense of dread—his ordinary existence takes a sharp, terrifying turn.
Crois lives for the hunt. An enhanced alien super soldier-agent, he is ruthless in his pursuit of those who threaten the Empire's stability. He despises the likes of David—until a mission reveals that the clueless human may be tied to him in an unexpected way.
Li, a brilliant scientist turned highly trained operative, was forced to travel back in time to stop an artifact from falling into the wrong hands. But meddling with time is a dangerous game.
When the galactic empire and the Táan confederacy edge closer to war, their lives collide in ways none of them expected.
As David uncovers the shocking truth behind his blackouts, Crois faces his own existential crisis, while Li fights to protect those she loves, the stakes rise higher than ever.
These three unlikely players must navigate betrayal, shifting alliances, and their own inner demons. The galaxy is at war. And the clock is ticking.
A science fiction action adventure novel that will leave you wanting more!
Crois lives for the hunt. An enhanced alien super soldier-agent, he is ruthless in his pursuit of those who threaten the Empire's stability. He despises the likes of David—until a mission reveals that the clueless human may be tied to him in an unexpected way.
Li, a brilliant scientist turned highly trained operative, was forced to travel back in time to stop an artifact from falling into the wrong hands. But meddling with time is a dangerous game.
When the galactic empire and the Táan confederacy edge closer to war, their lives collide in ways none of them expected.
As David uncovers the shocking truth behind his blackouts, Crois faces his own existential crisis, while Li fights to protect those she loves, the stakes rise higher than ever.
These three unlikely players must navigate betrayal, shifting alliances, and their own inner demons. The galaxy is at war. And the clock is ticking.
A science fiction action adventure novel that will leave you wanting more!
186 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 25, 2025
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Simon Lee
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July 28, 2025
“Existential: Galaxy Burns Trilogy – Part One” by Simon Lee is, as the title indicates, science fiction with familiar ingredients like space travel, super corporeal activity, game-like murders, surreal violence, extraordinary detachments, systems, data, memory sticks, UFO-like paraphernalia, energy fields, cell clusters, mutants, zombies, freaks, but the book reads like a strange conglomerate and the style seems to reflect that conglomerate. For example:
“Outside, as they – his body, carrying David inside, seemed like a ‘they’ to him at that point – leapt back over the fence, he became aware of sirens…with an alien sounding, throbbing hum.” Page 8
The style reflects the out-of-body experience in a certain way (it disjoints) but the literary effect is not pleasing.
Another example:
““He’s only dead now Li, he is alive at other points in space-time. Page 123
where clearly Mr. Lee demonstrates a failure to write basic English correctly.
Despite novelties like ‘ultra-band inert materials’ I failed to get to grips with this trilogy, part one of which I did read from the beginning to the very end. Its English did grate on me. Its plot though intricate failed to fascinate me.
“Outside, as they – his body, carrying David inside, seemed like a ‘they’ to him at that point – leapt back over the fence, he became aware of sirens…with an alien sounding, throbbing hum.” Page 8
The style reflects the out-of-body experience in a certain way (it disjoints) but the literary effect is not pleasing.
Another example:
““He’s only dead now Li, he is alive at other points in space-time. Page 123
where clearly Mr. Lee demonstrates a failure to write basic English correctly.
Despite novelties like ‘ultra-band inert materials’ I failed to get to grips with this trilogy, part one of which I did read from the beginning to the very end. Its English did grate on me. Its plot though intricate failed to fascinate me.
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