Monarch

2025 National Indie Excellence Award Finalist -- Science Fiction

When a reclusive, anxiety-ridden tech worker is visited by a pair of enigmatic aliens and given a mission to change the fate of an entire planet, his life will never be the same.

For software support analyst Danny Kerrigan, life was simple--work from home, live alone, and have as little human interaction as possible. The last thing he expected (or thought he wanted) was for aliens to invade his living room.

But just as Danny is faced with a crisis that threatens to shatter his cocooned existence, he is recruited by two legendary interstellar investigators, the charismatic Kingsley Vortex and the wisecracking Shey Gabink.

Their mission: stop a powerful amulet from falling into the hands of the dreaded Dank Nebitol, a rebel leader hell-bent on ending the long-standing Quilicant monarchy of the planet Yoobatar, dramatically changing the course of the planet's idyllic civilization.

In a thrilling, hilarious, and heartwarming multiplanetary race against and through time, Danny must find the strength within himself to take control of his future and transform into the person he was meant to be.