Beacon: A Robot's Odyssey

by Stephen Fenech

A splashdown, a golden age, the extinction of the human that is where Beacon A Robot’s Odyssey begins... The ancient robot had no name, mysterious was its origin, but Dr. Anne Morrison soon realized it was the very axis point of the darkest game of all time. An intangible cold war is raging and has been across epochs spanning thousands of years. If left unchecked it will end in the utter nullification of all reality. The robot must recruit a ragtag bunch of dysfunctional space farers brought together from different planets and different eras. Only they have the power to balance the titanic forces which threaten to unleash havoc upon all eternity. Fraught with danger, these unlikely paragons become caughtin the crossfire and the cross-hairs of these implacable enemies as they race towards an intergalactic endgame, to unlock the harrowing truth of Armageddon’s secret before it is too late. The chase is on, but who is chasing whom? And is this mechanical emissary hastening them to this final showdown a messiah or the harbinger of their ultimate destruction? Beacon A Robot’s Odyssey is a science-fiction masterpiece of betrayal and pragmatism set on an epic scale. Its riddles will leave you guessing until the very last page

497 pages, Paperback

Published July 12, 2017

About the author

Stephen Fenech was born in Toronto Canada to Maltese parents. He works full time in the television industry, but spends a great deal of time travelling the planet (195 countries so far--one to go) as a photojournalist and award-winning filmmaker. His documentary Chad Exodus won various prizes in several festivals, including the Viewer’s Choice Award in the 2013 Malta International Film Festival and the Grand Jury Award in the 2013 Yosemite International Film Festival, which qualified it for Oscar contention. Fenech has written several articles for such publications as Lonely Planet, Backbone (business/lifestyle magazine distributed in the Globe and Mail), Outbound Travel, The Toronto Star, Fuji Film, The Travel Itch, The Inuvik Drum, Computer World, Equator HD, Omni, Photo Techniques, and Finding the Light.
His travel book, Earth: Been there Done that Got the T-shirt, Book One: The Big Kahuna was published in 2016. It highlights a three-year trip around the planet. Its follow up: Book Two: Missing Pieces to the Global Puzzle was published in 2017. He has also authored a science fiction novel: Beacon: A Robot’s Odyssey, also published in 2017. When not writing, he enjoys visual art, beach volleyball, windsurfing, scuba diving and playing guitar. His photography has provided him many opportunities to reach young people by giving presentations to schools on topics that range from World Religions to Climate Change. He was shortlisted for the Mars One Mission, making the top 600 candidates from an initial roster of 203 000 international applicants. A few years ago, he became the surrogate mother for two orphaned baby racoons—the most humbling experience of his life.