The Phoenix Experiment

Can technology truly heal grief, or does it risk creating new monsters?

Aboard the starship The Origin, 14-year-old Jax Hutson clings to the only family he has left: the ghosts of his parents, killed by the banshees that destroyed Earth. As a subject of the secretive Phoenix Experiments, he is meant to find closure by connecting with the dead, yet his forbidden dreams whisper of a darker truth.

When a catastrophic explosion brings a group of girls and their enigmatic synthetic guardian aboard, fragile peace shatters. Hormones flare, alliances shift, and dread spreads as the ship’s AI science officer, Stygius Cryptus, grows increasingly unstable. Soon Jax and his friends are hunted by the very machines built to protect them and stalked by an ancient evil that feeds on their deepest fears.

To survive, Jax must unravel the ship’s buried secrets, confront the lies surrounding his past, and decide whether love and hope can still overcome rage and despair.

The Phoenix Experiment is a pulse-pounding paranormal sci-fi thriller of grief, faith, and the fragile bonds that keep humanity alive when everything else has been taken.

Award-winning and bestselling author, speaker, panelist, workshop presenter and voice actor Aaron Ryan lives in Washington with his wife and two sons, along with Macy the dog, Winston the cat, and the finches Inky, Pinky, Blinky & Clyde.
 
He is the prolific author of the bestselling "Dissonance" 6-book alien invasion saga, the Christian dystopian fiction trilogy "The End," the "Talisman" trilogy, the sci-fi thrillers "Forecast", "The Slide," and "The Phoenix Experiment", the nonfiction book "God Is Not Santa," the children's picture books "The Ring of Truth," "The Sword of Joy" and "The Book of Power," the business reference books "How to Successfully Self-Publish & Promote Your Self-Published Book" and "The Superhero Anomaly", 6 business books on voiceovers penned under his former stage name (Joshua Alexander), as well as a previous fictional novel, "The Omega Room."
 
When he was in second grade, he was tasked with writing a creative assignment: a fictional book.  And thus, "The Electric Boy" was born: a simple novella full of intrigue, fantasy, and 7-year-old wits that electrified Aaron's desire to write.  From that point forward, Aaron evolved into a creative soul that desired to create.
 
He enjoys the arts, media, music, performing, poetry, and being a daddy.  In his lifetime he has been an author, voiceover artist, wedding videographer, stage performer, musician, producer, rock/pop artist, executive assistant, service manager, paperboy, CSR, poet, tech support, worship leader, and more.  The diversity of his life experiences gives him a unique approach to business, life, ministry, faith, and entertainment.
 
Aaron's favorite author by far is J.R.R. Tolkien, but he also enjoys Suzanne Collins, James S.A. Corey, Michael Crichton, Marie Lu, Madeleine L'Engle, John Grisham, Tom Clancy, Tim Lebbon, Christopher Golden, C.S. Lewis, Stephen King and Dave Barry.
 
Aaron has always had a passion for storytelling.