Voyage of the Elysian (Astronomicon) [Kindle Edition]

Paul Vincent (Author)

Book Description

Interstellar colonisation vessel Elysian's vital mission is to deliver a small group of colonists to an uninhabited planet in the Proxima Centauri system. Disaster strikes near their destination and, after crash-landing on Proxima 3, the survivors must fight for their very survival. They soon discover the deadly environment is not all that will be challenging them.


Voyage of the Elysian is the first volume in the continuing Astronomicon series.

Product Details

• File Size: 396 KB
• Print Length: 213 pages
• Publisher: Shake-the-Tree; 1 edition (October 17, 2011)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005WRFY1Q
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Not Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #587,756 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Read February 24, 2012

By Benjie

Format:Kindle Edition

Good start as first book of a series.Makes an interesting theme as a story where I felt impelled to read on.Though always finding another unexpected twist,which made for a feeling of suspense ,wondering what was
going to happen next.
I look forward to more good reads from this author.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable March 24, 2012

By T. M. H.

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Obviously not written by Heinlein, but a good read.

Entertaining. Still trying to figure out the "kicker"

Terrorists of the worst kind, similar to Muslims on Jihad.

3.0 out of 5 stars A little under-cooked March 16, 2012

By michael r black

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I still rate this as worth reading, especially if you are a colonization buff. I think the author should have held on to this book a little longer before handing it over to the editor. There were too many instances where actions were over complicated. (most glaring example, a soldering gun is much easier to use to start a fire than what was used in the book.) These people were suppose to be resourceful. I just didn't see it. I do look forward to reading the sequel. I just hope that it doesn't have the same feeling of being manipulated by the author as this first book.

More About the Author

Paul Vincent was born in Stratford-upon-Avon (UK) in the early 70s. Due to his parents' careers he grew up in a variety of places around Worcestershire, completing his school education in Worcester itself.

His choice of university took him to Cardiff, Wales, to study Computer Science. He has lived in Cardiff ever since, moving to several locations around the Welsh Capital city. He has been married for well over a decade now, with three children, one of which is now in secondary school (Which leaves him feeling very old!).

Paul has been writing creatively ever since school, writing his first (and now long lost) book in his late teens. Although has career path has never followed anything remotely like a literary theme, he has been writing as a hobby continuously. His career has been rooted in computers and related technology, from programming fruit machines to his current position working as a web developer. So far that has all proved to be useful life experience for writing fiction, especially his main interest which is science fiction.

The Astronomicon series of books is based on an idea he had back in 1998. It developed over the next three years until in 2001 he began to write the first draft of some of the key story passages. The first book, "The Voyage of the Elysian", was originally envisioned as a stand-alone story, unrelated to the Astronomicon concept, but part way through writing it it became apparent that it fitted perfectly with the Astronomicon scenario. Better still it would give a nice introduction to the Astronomicon universe.

After some minor plot modifications and a rewrite of the political scene behind the events affecting the Elysian's mission, Voyage of the Elysian became the introductory book of the series. It not only sets the scene for the later books but also gives a good grounding in the level of technology that humans enjoy. This is most certainly not the universe described in Star Trek!

Each novel tells the next important step of Earth's development into the future, combining to become a true science-fiction epic. They chart the events which change human opinion of our place in the universe, that make us realise that being human is so much more important than patriotism to any individual country.