Genesis Echo: Book 1: Monomyth:Dystopian Alien Invasion Sci-Fi

by D. Hollis Anderson

Overview

The perfect next adventure for fans of Red Rising and Hunger Games series, Genesis Echo weaves together tales from a dystopian galaxy not too far from our own.

Rain, hidden in an eroding sea-town on Earth by her father and uncle, believes herself to be an ordinary girl, oblivious to her true origins. The truth is, she was born on another planet, and her existence is a closely guarded secret from the oppressive Grey Empire, who hunt her relentlessly across the cosmos.

As Rain begins to understand her identity, she learns that Earth has been Humanity's prison for 70,000 years. The Greys' domination is absolute and they record everything on Earth to broadcast across the empire for entertainment. Carefully contrived war, disease, and chaos: all a spectacle for their own amusement.

On the other side of the galaxy, Lor, a young girl with unique Source-powers, struggles to survive on a derelict factory planet: Grima, where escaped mistakes from the Greys' cloning experiments lurk in the darkness. And Tonjin, an Elite warrior-in-training, prepares to confront the invasion of his home planet, Rien, in a diabolical viral assault by the Greys.

As Rain, Lor, and Tonjin's fates intertwine, they must navigate a treacherous universe where nothing is as it seems and trust becomes their most valuable currency. Together, they will uncover the truth about humanity's captivity and embark on a daring quest to overthrow their oppressors and reclaim their freedom.

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Every person has an unbelievable power locked away inside them. The truth is, they stole it even from our memories.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798808656956
Publisher:	Echo Publishing LLC
Publication date:	04/22/2022
Series:	Genesis Echo , #1
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.89(d)

About the Author

Dylan Anderson spent nine years crafting his sci-fi novel, "Genesis Echo". It began during his European study abroad program, where he was struck by new perspectives that ignited his original idea and concept. Traveling exposed him to fresh ideas, inspiring him to delve into the realms of spirituality and human existence and share it through the lens of science fiction.

As he explored new cities, Dylan kept thinking of "what if" scenarios about the nature of humanity and enlightenment. One scenario, an explanation to the enigmatic Fermi Paradox, became the foundation of his novel. Imagine: humans as prisoners on Earth monitored by fearful aliens.

He wrote his book just steps away from the ocean in San Diego, while attempting to learn to surf. Dylan’s first novel in a new sci-fi series is a captivating narrative that aims to evoke compassion and connection among readers.

Editorial Reviews

2024-06-12
Anderson’s galaxy-spanning YA SF novel rewrites the history of humankind.

Ancient humanity was a successful and glorious space empire, spanning the “Verse” in symbiotic partnership with another species—the gentle, sasquatchlike Rothen. Humanity and Rothen-kind complemented each other spiritually and intellectually; then an insidious alien species called the Greys (the spindly, bigheaded types of UFO lore) used a horrific zombie-creating virus and other weapons to overthrow humans, taint their “meta-mind” artificial intelligence tech, and exterminate most Rothen. For 70,000 years, the Greys have indoctrinated captive humans with fake history and sham science and warehoused them on an alien gulag-planet—Earth—where archaic myths about dragons, mages, and monsters draw on distorted memories of the truth. A small number of humans persist in the cosmos, resisting the Greys and their equally horrid allies. Rain is a bully-hating, Earth schoolgirl ignorant of her messiahlike status, even as her multiple superpowers emerge. Lor is another human orphan wonder-girl with interesting abilities, who’s hunted by Greys on a horrific clone-factory planet that has a small, rare population of Rothen. Tonjin is a legendary warrior from another world whose actions on the planet Rien—humanity’s true home world—are destined to turn tragic. Multiple cliffhanger action takes place on multiple stages in Anderson’s novel, and it's a puzzler how the timelines match up. The kind-of-cool narrative is part space-opera comic book, and part metaphysical conspiracy saga that recalls Philip K. Dick’s famous theory that humans are secretly trapped by evil forces in an illusory but soul-stifling and awful prison. However, Anderson’s version has Wookieelike beings; a tangible Star Wars influence comes through, as does a debt to The Hunger Games, although the author credits Orson Scott Card’s work as an influence. A lengthy afterword describes the long gestation of the manuscript and the decision to render it as YA-level reading. Sequels are planned.

A woolly and complicated space opera that combines several familiar elements.

Kirkus Reviews