This week, I want you to introduce to the world of a fellow author.
S Shane Thomas has fond childhood memories of creeping out of bed to watch anime until the sun came up. He has fond adult memories of creeping out of bed to write the Anki Legacies and create the Science Fantasy Hub until the sun came up. He road trips, hikes, and hangs with his wife and sons after the sun comes up.
What if human civilization was not initiated by the ingenuity of our hunter gatherer ancestors in prehistory? What if a race of magical beings descended to Earth from the stars? Would the science and technology of modern man be enough to remain the dominant species if such a race reemerged?
Four novels and three short stories will unveil Earth’s ancient civilizers for better or worse. Three generations of the Rogers family and their extraordinary friends chase the Anki from the present day, to mankind’s Stone Age, into the stars, and across other worlds to learn if humanity can ever be truly free of the Anki Empire.
Each story brings us face to face with danger and adventure. Years of martial arts training deliver immersive action scenes that will leave your heart pounding.
Rob Rogers Finds Hollow Earth- Rob's a traveling sales person by day and a conspiracy theory blogger by night. He's also got a weird side job for his buddy Shen, one that proves to be more than procuring trashy magazines and regional delights. One that uncovers the truth behind all those conspiracy theories and cryptids Rob is so fond of. Can he deal with reptilians, Nazis, and Hollow Earth?
Road Trip to Cryptid Conspiracyana! “Rob Rogers Finds Hollow Earth is a fun romp through cryptid conspiracy theories but with a modern nod to the psychedelic-styled beat writer trips of the 60s. Bobs work-a-day world starts normally enough for a traveling salesman who moonlights as a conspiracy theory blogger, but it rapidly spirals down the rabbit hole as he’s suddenly woke to just how real his only half-believed theories really are. The action is exciting and well paced to keep you reading and the humor will make you laugh out loud often enough to garner you sideways glances and more than a few “what the hell are you reading that so funny anyway”s. The novel is perfectly enjoyable without any prior knowledge of Mr. Thomas’ fantastic universe of science fiction based Babylonian mythologies—but there’s just enough of a hint of “the bigger picture” that if you’ve read his other works you’ll delight in some new discoveries! Now go read it for yourself!” -Guy R Goodreads review
A Paleolithic Fable- Bobby was happy with colony life on Nibiru. His job at the Colonial Security Force and his family were all the man needed. Then two renegades escaped confinement in stasis and teleported from the LARC1 colony to Earth’s Stone Age to wipe humanity and its primordial cousins from existence. Now, armed only with a shugarra, Bobby must journey across our prehistoric world and through the realms that our extinct cousins once ruled. Can he and a band of misfit hominins overcome two dangerous aliens with god-like magic and their army of cannibals?
High fantasy has long ventured through the realms of Nordic mythology with elves and dwarves, and Roman mythology with Fae and Gods. A Paleolithic Fable approaches the genre with the latest archaeology and a modern understanding of our species’ true origins.
This fast paced adventure story applies the research that goes into hard scifi to the genre of high fantasy. Explore an intriguing theory about the dawn of consciousness. Explore the world of Homo Neandrothalis, Homo Floresiensis, Homo Erectus, Homo Heidelbergensis, and our own ancient cousins. Explore their weapons, lodgings, apparel, and food unveiled by archaeology. Explore magic and spirituality inspired by modern Stone Age cultures and beliefs. Live through a pulse pounding fight for life written by an experienced martial artist.
Discover a fantasy world hidden in our own prehistory!
“S. Shane Thomas wrote an unusual book. It didn't follow many of the normal tropes. I remember seeing that he calls it both a Science Fiction and Epic Fantasy story and I couldn't see how that could be true. However, he managed to pull it off. It had some of my favorite fantasy elements of someone from one world traveling by some means to another very different world and having to gather companions to save the day. The difference in this book was that Bobby, the main character, traveled not via magic but via a time traveling 3D printer. I don't want to say more about that and spoil the book, but all the characters were interesting and they all grew and developed over the course of the story. It was really a rather engrossing story and I'm glad I picked it up.” -Ducky S Goodreads review
Monkeyboy- Hanuman is one of a kind. A monkey turned person thanks to the same magic gemstones that created the powerful Anki race. Will Hanuman find his place in the universe? Can he stop the rekindling Anki Empire? Why do girls try to kiss him?
“I found this adventure a fun read. With the usual adult characters relegated to the background, it was interesting to see the kids explore Nibiru and deal with the Anki technology with rather more insight than expected. As usual, Thomas’ universe and humor drew me in.
The kids are kids with universal attitudes and behavior. Thomas manages to capture the enthusiasm, energy and creativity of adolescents who are beginning to grapple with the larger implications and consequences of actions from and around them. I think most kids would love to be a part of this gang of four.
Yep, I’m definitely a fan of Thomas’ Anki Legacies! I got to learn a little bit more about martial arts too. And was reminded once again that some of our greatest philosophies can come out of the mouths of children.” – Leenna N Goodreads Review
Shugarra Corps- It’s been eight years since Han and his friends saved their star system from the return of the Anki Empire. Han and Cray are preparing to say farewell to Sita, Wisp, and their colony to embark on a five year exploratory mission and leadership program when old enemies throw their mission into chaos. Explore the world of the Anki Legacies in this thirty page short story. It is a complete tale in itself as well as an introduction to the Shugarra Corps serial, which appears monthly in the Science Fantasy Hub newsletter. Sign up links are inside. Meet Han and his friends in this story, then at the beginning of each month, their adventure continues!
“Han, (aka Monkeyboy) flies with his comrades of the Corps, Sita, Cray, (a mantis monk) and MARC an android, to recapture their stolen ship the Conquest in this thrilling sci-fi fantasy by S Shane Thomas. Who stole the Conquest and where does the chase lead the Corps? What is their enemies' destination?
You'll find thrills and chills too as you follow Han and his Shugarra Corps fighters across the galaxy to a planet far, far away. Get your copy today - you'll love it,,,it's a winner!” -Rosemary K Goodreads review
Between each novel there is a shot story interlude. Droids repopulate a plague addled colony in Chip Off the Old Block. Geneticists cast ethics aside to create the perfect people for harsher worlds in Chasing Stars. Rakshasa is a novelette that follows Subahu, a free Nefilim who struggles to find purpose after life as a warrior. It sets the scene for Monkeyboy and A Paleolithic Fable.
“Yes, this is what I was missing! Proper sci-fi imagination, where the first few pages have you swimming with augmented humans as they explore beneath a sheet of oceanic ice on Enceladus, one of the smaller moons of Saturn, as the indigenous life swarms up to see what they're doing and try to seduce them or nick their flippers, which anyone who's visited Cairo will find eerily familiar. LARC Transmissions is a collection of 46 short stories on the theme of humanity’s expansion to colonise other, Earth-like worlds using LARC spaceships, which take batches of Earth’s excess population off-planet at the rate of half a million at a time. Seven or so LARC ships have ploughed a route to separate destination planets for hundreds of years and many of these stories are set within a few years of their arrival.” – Faith J Goodreads review
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