The Flaxen Tyranny

By: Simon Evans

Narrated by: Jane Wing

The future arrived, and it wore the face of a nightmare.The sentient starship Echo vanished on a mission to colonize a new world. Now, he's back–but Earth is on its knees.

A brutal alien empire, the Flaxens, are mercilessly exterminating humanity. A colossal metallic cylinder casts an ominous shadow over Jupiter, controlled by an enigmatic AI. And the solar system teeters on the brink of collapse.

Captain Kip Eastcott and the crew of Echo must unravel the mysteries of a forgotten past and fight for a future they may never see. But their greatest threat could be the one they trust the most: Serilda, a captivating young woman raised in a Flaxen concentration camp with a dangerous secret that could destroy them all.

Can they defy time, tyranny, and treachery, or will humanity fall to the Flaxens?

©2024 Simon Evans (P)2024 Simon Evans

Well paced and crafted sci-fi story

This is my first exposure to Somon Evans, the author of this book. He crafted a believable, well paced, sci-fi story that included imaginative world building, good character design and development, and solid plot progression. While i wouldn't categorize this as hard sci-fi, i wouldn't call it fluff either. Evans strikes a good balance between the two, and I enjoyed my time with this book. There are moments of descriptive brilliance sprinkled throughout the book, which gives us a glimpse into what the author is capable of.

The narrator did a good job bringing the characters to life, especially her performance of Cylli.

The story is i teresting twist on sci-fi genre

The story was an iteresting twist on sci-fi genre, characters carried the story and made it enjoyable

Super fantastic story

This had all the things a story could want in it it had action and world building and a love story all combined to bring a really good story that will keep you interested throughout and I can’t wait for book 2

couldn't get into it

I tried and tried. Gave it 9 hours. But I couldn't ever figure out the different voices. I kept getting lost. Maybe I'll give it another go at a later date to try again tho.

Good and relativey positive SciFi

Quite an interesting SciFi book. It is a very hopeful book with a litte twist ending. The main good characters vere lovable, specially that one AI (no spoilers!). Even if it is not my kind of SciFi, I can recommend this to anyone who likes that genre with a more positive messaging, even with some feeting mentions of terrible acts.