Damaged Beyond All Recognition (Infinity's Trinity)

Paul Tomenko is no stranger to the improbable. He became a magazine sweepstakes winner and renowned 1960s counterculture writer by age 19. Now he’s traveling to and from God’s library somewhere outside the Universe to prevent the end of eternity. And if his task wasn’t hard enough, he must enlist the help of his two lovers—Maggie Mae Monahan and Allie Briarsworth—because of their unique abilities. But the trio discovers the preservation of forevermore can turn someone’s soul inside out. Literally.The novel chronicles the life of an ordinary man under extraordinary circumstances. Paul is unwilling to accept a broken Afterlife that provides nothing more than eternal self-awareness. He is also reluctant to choose between Maggie Mae, a brilliant geneticist who has the uncanny ability to “connect the dots,” and Allie, a novelist who inexplicably senses past and future events in the cosmos. The unexpected is to be expected from an unusual cast of supporting characters: Cher the Gatekeeper and Katharine Ross the Librarian, figments patterned after two celebrities for whom Paul has lusted; Gronk and Grita, two “resurrected” six-year-old neo-Neanderthals who are the most intelligent humans on Earth; Tsutomu Yamaguchi, an innovative bioengineer named after a Japanese man who survived nuclear bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and Dr. Peter Lexington Townshend, the head of a genetics laboratory that already has prevented the Russians from stripping politicians in Washington, D.C., of all their memories.Alan Felyk’s unique blend of science fiction, romance, and humor travels the roadways paved by such literary stalwarts as Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Christopher Moore. And along the way, the novel examines our metaphysical questions with a mixture of mind-bending possibilities, laughter, and tears.

Winner of Literary Titan Book Award (June 2018)

Nominee for Underground Book Reviews' Novel of the Year Award (June 2018)

"A book that salutes Kurt Vonnegut-style fabulism and nods to the trippier sci-fi novels of Robert A. Heinlein. The mind-blasting premise sounds like an electric-Kool-Aid-acid-test of patience, but the author tells it plainly, with wryly melancholy humor and nostalgic mile markers throughout the years ... A love story meets theology meets The Matrix--but still comprehensible, for all that. " --Kirkus Reviews

"The overarching plot line that kept me coming back for more revolves around Paul and Maggie Mae. To say that readers will envy their dedication to one another is a huge understatement. As years and miles separate them, they do not waver in their loyalty to one another. Felyk proves he is adept at fantasy and equally as skilled at writing heartbreaking romance." --Literary Titan (five of five stars)

"I really hope there is one [a sequel] because I've enjoyed this novel more than any other I've read this year. "--Emie Cuevas, official review for OnlineBookClub.org (four of four stars)

"Well-written, with a cast of solid characters, romantic and funny at times, there are many changes of mood throughout the book." --Charles Remington, official review for the Readers' Favorite Book Reviews and Awards Contest (Five Star Award)

"Felyk's take on what goes on from the time of one Big Bang until the universe collapses in on itself and starts all over-or what's supposed to go on but didn't, in this case-is thought- and laugh-provoking." --Lynne Hinkey, official review for Underground Book Reviews (Top Pick Award, five of five stars)

"I admit it. Alan Felyk has an imagination I simply envy ... Metaphysics have rarely been treated with such originality and irreverence." --Dr. Wesley Britton, Bookpleasures.com
"The story is highly imaginative and slightly peculiar, but if you, like me adore different tales that are unlike anything you have read before, then you will love this book as it is one of the most unique but sensational books I have ever had the pleasure of reading!" --Aimie Ann, Red Headed Book Lover Blog

"Along with a maddeningly funny cast of characters, Paul [Tomenko] makes the reader join him in examining our deepest existential fears and questions." --Your Laugh Line

"I'm giving it 5 stars as it is well thought out, the characters are believable and the story line is quite clever being down to earth and dystopian." --Michael Mardel, Goodreads (five of five stars)