Spencer Edwards: Emperor of the Galaxy by Alex Prior

The lovely people at Matador and Love Books Tours have given me an excerpt from the book to tease you before reading it yourself. Read on for more!

Book Summary

In this gripping and spectacular rollercoaster of an adventure, a fourteen-year-old Earth boy is chosen, seemingly at random, to become Emperor of the Galaxy during a time of grave peril.

Spencer, an ordinary teenager, lives with his mum, his stepdad Hassan and his younger brother Mo. He is decidedly average at school, sports and at video gaming, but when he is chosen to become the new Emperor of the Galaxy everything changes.

Spencer must learn how to balance being Emperor of the Galaxy and battle the evil Haxenaar, trying to get his homework in on time, and all the while pursuing the love of his life, Amy Heartly. With the help of his new companions and Bradlii, the smartest and smuggest AI ever created, Spencer must brave an epic journey to save the galaxy and discover the ultimate truth.

Excerpt

The Zylaxxians, a warlike barbarous race whose empire was reduced in size by the Orion Treaties five hundred years ago, are once more in the ascendant. They have schemed to place their duplicitous leader, Haxenaar, as the prime candidate for succession.

In a desperate bid to break the deadlock, the outgoing Emperor, Volaria the 18th activates a long-forgotten clause in the Galactic Constitution that states, ‘In the event of no agreement being reached to certify a clear successor, a sentient being shall be selected at random from any of the known inhabited worlds of the galaxy’.

The vast omniscient Artificial Intelligences of Eloim III hold a record of every single living sentient lifeform in the known universe. At a tumultuous session of the Galactic Council, they are asked to select a successor, from the quadrillions of beings known, seemingly at random.

On the rather primitive cosmological backwater of Earth, fourteen-year-old Spencer Edwards life is about to change, forever.

Author bio

Alex Prior graduated from Manchester University and worked in TV and Film as a cameraman, editor, then director, ending up at Elstree Film Studios. He decided to change his career and became a Headteacher for several challenging schools. He has always written scripts and copy and his first book The Lost Case Files of Sherlock Holmes was published in 2020 and went to number one in several Amazon categories, selling many thousands of copies worldwide. Spencer Edwards: Emperor of the Galaxy is his second novel.