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The Pandora Sequence: The Pandorans: Book One (Galexy Edition)
Mitch Pyne is starting to realize that his premonitions – of a devastating Los Angeles earthquake – might be real.
In one night, down-on-his-luck Mitch will have his world turned upside down: a shocking phone call from a woman who knows more about his life than he does; a mysterious gift from an old friend – who has just been brutally murdered somewhere in the jungles of Peru… and the sudden return of the beautiful woman Mitch has loved all his life.
Thrust into a world he never knew existed, Mitch is forced to confront a strange new reality – a twilight world in which no-one can be trusted… but in which he will be forced to choose sides.
Because Mitch alone holds the key to a burgeoning war between two rival billionaires, each of whom represent two sides of an ancient and terrifying legacy: the truth about the human genetic code, and its power to manipulate the course of humanity.
Unless Mitch can decipher the clues left for him by his murdered friend, and quickly locate the six people who have each become entrusted with a piece of the genetic sequence that holds the key to the survival of mankind, terrible forces that have been manipulating humanity for thousands of years will trigger a series of catastrophic natural events…
…and smash the human race back into the Stone Age.
In one night, down-on-his-luck Mitch will have his world turned upside down: a shocking phone call from a woman who knows more about his life than he does; a mysterious gift from an old friend – who has just been brutally murdered somewhere in the jungles of Peru… and the sudden return of the beautiful woman Mitch has loved all his life.
Thrust into a world he never knew existed, Mitch is forced to confront a strange new reality – a twilight world in which no-one can be trusted… but in which he will be forced to choose sides.
Because Mitch alone holds the key to a burgeoning war between two rival billionaires, each of whom represent two sides of an ancient and terrifying legacy: the truth about the human genetic code, and its power to manipulate the course of humanity.
Unless Mitch can decipher the clues left for him by his murdered friend, and quickly locate the six people who have each become entrusted with a piece of the genetic sequence that holds the key to the survival of mankind, terrible forces that have been manipulating humanity for thousands of years will trigger a series of catastrophic natural events…
…and smash the human race back into the Stone Age.
598 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2013
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Alex James
10 books16 followersALEX JAMES – GALEXY TALES
Galexy Tales novels are constantly described as page-turners that keep readers awake ‘til the early hours…!
Through Galexy Tales, author Alex James has published the space-opera thriller "Amazon Seven - Book One: Mission Queen" and the urban-horror thriller "Dark Streets - Book One: Agents of Fear", the dark magical thriller “Saga of the Urban Sorcerers – Book One: The Summoning of Barker Moon” and the epic follow-up instalment “Saga of the Urban Sorcerers – Book Two: The Reckoning of Emerald Tarragon”.
(Alex’s original chart-toppers for AngelPhoenix Media – the mystical thriller "The Pandora Sequence", and the space-opera thriller “Venus I.A.” are also still available in ebook.)
Alex James is fast becoming known for bold plotting, arresting ideas and engaging characters - with strong points of view and philosophies - and scandalizing new takes on magical systems, cosmic mysticism, alien intervention and human space colonization…
Galexy Tales books stay with you!
About the Author
Alex James is a writer who lives in Adelaide, South Australia.
He was born there on October 15th, 1967, and has lived there ever since.
Alex studied European History, Classical Mythology, Film Studies and Screenwriting under the Communications and Liberal Studies banners at the South Australian College of Advanced Education (now the University of South Australia) but kept dropping out and going back and never finished anything (at least not to his knowledge). He then dabbled with being an advertising copywriter, was apparently quite good at it, but did not enjoy it. He read Tarot for a while, wrote thousands of trivia questions for Imagination Games, and was a ‘film culture’ columnist and reviewer (paid) for the print version of the Adelaide Independent Weekly, before the internet made everyone a critic (unpaid).
Between 1992 and 2005 he wrote many, many, many outlines, treatments, concept documents, bibles, pilots and screenplays, for just about every active Australian production company there was. During that time, a few of these things even almost came close to nearly being made.
A confirmed telly addict who was binge-watching series on videotape decades before it was even a thing, Alex is also a life-long film buff, who has lost count of how many billions of films, and zillions of episodes of television he has seen. Alex saw Star Wars at age ten, arguably the perfect age, which led him immediately to Doctor Who, after which he never looked back. Growing up on BBC series from the ’70s and ’80s, he was honoured in 2002 to be one of several to have a go at the long-touted revival of Blake’s 7. These remain, when all is said and done, his favourite things, alongside The Alan Parsons Project, The Waterboys and All About Eve.
Alex is also a comedy aficionado, whose comedy heroes are too numerous to mention here, but will no doubt one day find their way into a dedication.
In his spare time, Alex still reads and watches. His influences as an author (here comes the list) include Douglas Adams, Julian May, Clive Barker, Philip Jose Farmer, Philip K. Dick, Robert Heinlein, Elmore Leonard, Graham Greene, and Dan Simmons. He also greatly admires the screen work of Terrance Dicks, Barry Letts, Terry Nation, Robert Holmes, Chris Boucher, Philip Hinchcliffe, Nigel Kneale, Stephen Poliakoff, Joss Whedon, J. Michael Straczynski,, David E. Kelley, Russell T. Davies, Steven Moffat, John Lloyd, Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, JJ. Abrams, Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, and filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Preston Sturges, John Huston, Sergio Leone, Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, Paul Schrader, Francis Ford Coppola, Quentin Tarantino, Lawrence Kasdan, David Fincher, and Christopher Nolan.
He listens to audio books, comedy podcasts, woo-woo radio shows, while drinking coffee, and walking his dog Romana, sometimes all at once. Most recently he was an in-house writer for Angel
Galexy Tales novels are constantly described as page-turners that keep readers awake ‘til the early hours…!
Through Galexy Tales, author Alex James has published the space-opera thriller "Amazon Seven - Book One: Mission Queen" and the urban-horror thriller "Dark Streets - Book One: Agents of Fear", the dark magical thriller “Saga of the Urban Sorcerers – Book One: The Summoning of Barker Moon” and the epic follow-up instalment “Saga of the Urban Sorcerers – Book Two: The Reckoning of Emerald Tarragon”.
(Alex’s original chart-toppers for AngelPhoenix Media – the mystical thriller "The Pandora Sequence", and the space-opera thriller “Venus I.A.” are also still available in ebook.)
Alex James is fast becoming known for bold plotting, arresting ideas and engaging characters - with strong points of view and philosophies - and scandalizing new takes on magical systems, cosmic mysticism, alien intervention and human space colonization…
Galexy Tales books stay with you!
About the Author
Alex James is a writer who lives in Adelaide, South Australia.
He was born there on October 15th, 1967, and has lived there ever since.
Alex studied European History, Classical Mythology, Film Studies and Screenwriting under the Communications and Liberal Studies banners at the South Australian College of Advanced Education (now the University of South Australia) but kept dropping out and going back and never finished anything (at least not to his knowledge). He then dabbled with being an advertising copywriter, was apparently quite good at it, but did not enjoy it. He read Tarot for a while, wrote thousands of trivia questions for Imagination Games, and was a ‘film culture’ columnist and reviewer (paid) for the print version of the Adelaide Independent Weekly, before the internet made everyone a critic (unpaid).
Between 1992 and 2005 he wrote many, many, many outlines, treatments, concept documents, bibles, pilots and screenplays, for just about every active Australian production company there was. During that time, a few of these things even almost came close to nearly being made.
A confirmed telly addict who was binge-watching series on videotape decades before it was even a thing, Alex is also a life-long film buff, who has lost count of how many billions of films, and zillions of episodes of television he has seen. Alex saw Star Wars at age ten, arguably the perfect age, which led him immediately to Doctor Who, after which he never looked back. Growing up on BBC series from the ’70s and ’80s, he was honoured in 2002 to be one of several to have a go at the long-touted revival of Blake’s 7. These remain, when all is said and done, his favourite things, alongside The Alan Parsons Project, The Waterboys and All About Eve.
Alex is also a comedy aficionado, whose comedy heroes are too numerous to mention here, but will no doubt one day find their way into a dedication.
In his spare time, Alex still reads and watches. His influences as an author (here comes the list) include Douglas Adams, Julian May, Clive Barker, Philip Jose Farmer, Philip K. Dick, Robert Heinlein, Elmore Leonard, Graham Greene, and Dan Simmons. He also greatly admires the screen work of Terrance Dicks, Barry Letts, Terry Nation, Robert Holmes, Chris Boucher, Philip Hinchcliffe, Nigel Kneale, Stephen Poliakoff, Joss Whedon, J. Michael Straczynski,, David E. Kelley, Russell T. Davies, Steven Moffat, John Lloyd, Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, JJ. Abrams, Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, and filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Preston Sturges, John Huston, Sergio Leone, Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, Paul Schrader, Francis Ford Coppola, Quentin Tarantino, Lawrence Kasdan, David Fincher, and Christopher Nolan.
He listens to audio books, comedy podcasts, woo-woo radio shows, while drinking coffee, and walking his dog Romana, sometimes all at once. Most recently he was an in-house writer for Angel
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August 2, 2013
This is the best book I've read in a long time. Although Science-Fiction is my favourite movie and television genre, I never really liked reading it. Whenever I actually picked up a Sci-Fi novel, I found it boring. So what a surprise, when I bought this book. It was such an exciting story, that I clearly couldn't stop reading it, even until in the early morning hours. It is true however that I was intrigued by the description of the book, and the cover... of course. Anyone who has read a David Icke book, knows what the cover stands for. A picture is worth a thousands words, no?
I have been following these "conspiracy theories" for a couple of years now, so much of the information in the novel is not new to me. The author made an excellent job of combining the fiction part into every aspect of the alien agenda, the conspiracies, ... and more. The only question is, what is real and what is made-up? I guess we'll have to decide that for ourselves, don't we?
I have been following these "conspiracy theories" for a couple of years now, so much of the information in the novel is not new to me. The author made an excellent job of combining the fiction part into every aspect of the alien agenda, the conspiracies, ... and more. The only question is, what is real and what is made-up? I guess we'll have to decide that for ourselves, don't we?
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August 30, 2013
I absolutely loved this book!! I hope that the author plans on adding more.
August 18, 2013
This book just about broke my heart. The first half was fanTAStic - the guy can really write, the character development was good, and the story-line was strong. Then it just went to shit. It became a book pushing a conspiracy-theory/hippy agenda. There were too many explanations required, the character development went out the window, and it just stopped making sense. I thought I'd finally stumbled onto a good book, and can't even tell you how let down I was! What a disappointment.
May 4, 2023
It was a fun read that really draws you in at the beginning and takes you on an intriguing journey while exploring a lot of metaphysical and conspiratorial themes along the way.
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