Alex Faraway And The Last Martian

by G.F. Brynn

Overview

'Alex Faraway' is an illustrated, near-future sci-fi series which involves the cyclical destruction and renewal of life and civilization on Mars when it is visited by a rogue "Planet X" at ten thousand year intervals. The gravity of the mysterious deep-space object disrupts the orbit of Mars to either one that is closer to or farther away from the sun each time. After each epoch, the climate on Mars changes to become either warmer or colder, depending on how the orbit is affected. Set against this is the story of Alex Faraway who lives with his mother in an isolated farmhouse near an abandoned scrapyard.  Alex has made an old barn into a workshop where he invents all manner of robots and machines by salvaging parts from the scrapyard. One day he hopes to finish his own spaceship and fly away to find his missing father whom he feels, intuitively, is no longer on Earth. When Alex is twelve, he is awakened one night after hearing and seeing strange sounds and lights coming from the scrapyard.  When he investigates, he encounters an advanced, winged robot with unusual powers. Alex befriends the creature and follows it into the scrapyard where he discovers a new, secret world of adventure, and orphaned alien girl from the past.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940164575625
Publisher:	Deep Sky Stories
Publication date:	06/21/2024
Series:	Alex Faraway
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	9 MB
Age Range:	13 Years

About the Author

G.F. Brynn saw the Apollo moon missions as a kid and was enthralled by the limitless possibilities of space travel, robotics and invention. He grew up reading exciting science-fiction by Arther C. Clarke, Isaac  Asimov, Edgar Rice Burroughs and the like where unique worlds and beings were written into weird, society-changing stories like ‘Stranger in a Strange Land’ at one end of the spectrum as well as fast-paced adventure like the ‘John Carter, Warlord of Mars‘ at the other.  He also liked to tinker for hours on end and build unique mechanical models and robots which fired his imagination to no end. He dreamt of creating all manner of extravagant machines and inventions of his own one day. His later college years involved learning electrical theory, heavy duty mechanics and hydraulics.  He learned to fly small aircraft and as well, and so, what he gained from those many and varied experiences are concepts that could be drawn directly from when writing about the spaceships, inventions and robots in this youthful space-adventure series.

G.F. lives in Canada with his wife and little dog, and has two grown kids who are off and away following their own worthy life-paths now, thankfully.