Galactic Forge

Galactic Forge, Book 1

By: Alex Guerra

Narrated by: Paul Heitsch

Former Marine Arthur Holland’s destiny begins when an aircraft crashes on his property in the mountains of Colorado. He moves to investigate and to help any survivors, but the closer he gets the less control he has of his movements.

An unknown force urges him to open the door of the mysterious craft, discovering the secret that lies within: a dead, alien pilot and a peculiar, otherworldly crystal. If that wasn’t enough, the crystal feels like it is alive. That’s when he hears a single word inside his mind: run.

An enemy vessel approaches overhead in pursuit of the downed ship, leaving Arthur little time to make his escape.

Guided by this strange voice, Art is propelled through a hidden portal, arriving somewhere unknown. On the other side of the galaxy, without a means of returning home, he has no choice but to move forward and help the crystal accomplish its mission: upgrade the ancient derelict ship, recruit new allies, and help the Galactic Conglomerate fight the Vael Empire.

It may be destiny that’s called him, but it’s the choices he makes that will forge his future.

©2018 Alex Guerra (P)2019 Podium Publishing

I enjoyed this story, but

New concept, albeit somewhat familiar to another story that I listened to!

My main irritation is that for a marine, the main character does a lot of whining, which has become annoying! The guy needs to "man up"! 😁

A good story, however...

Mr Guerra loses one star for his all-too-frequent grammatical errors. They are quite distacting. 😐

I liked it and hope for more depth in the next one

Reading was well done and I will look for more books he does. The actions scenes were very good, but just more depth and complexity and more subtle romantic inclination would be good

storyteller took a while to warm into it

storyteller had an odd alternating emphasis that took a number of chapters to get used to. I felt like he was reading to a child, almost.

Good but could be better

The sci-fi part is imaginative but there is no grit of life. I kept waiting for interaction in situations set up by the author. His adult characters act like preteens. A little too G for me. Maybe the author is writing for target audience of YA?