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    Zyxvyk
    Zyxvyk
    Zyxvyk
    Ebook28 pages20 minutes

    Zyxvyk

    By Simon Fox

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    Mysterious intruders from another world invade the planet Zyxvyk. Who/what are they, and why have they come? To conquer? To enslave? To annihilate? Only one thing is certain: the aliens have NOT come in peace.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon Fox
    Release dateNov 9, 2022
    ISBN9781005843656
    Zyxvyk
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    Simon Fox

    Hello, everyone. My 14-part science-fiction series The FirstLord Chronicles is available here at Smashwords, plus many other ebooks, both fiction and non-fiction. Enjoy! Some facts about me: I'm a Christian, I'm English, I'm married, I'm a grandad, and I love fine English beers. Follow me on Twitter: @SimonFoxWriter

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      Zyxvyk - Simon Fox

      Zyxvyk

      Alien invasion and how to survive it

      Simon Fox

      © Simon Fox 2020

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      I clearly remember the first time I heard about the Aliens.

      I had just turned sixteen. My wings were fully grown at last. Soon my parents would announce my adulthood.

      Life in our village, Axmyz, was carrying on as it had for many centuries. We occasionally heard news from the wider world – from the cities, where Zyxvyks gathered in vast flocks and did all sorts of clever things: writing books, building machines …

      In recent years some of the thinkers and writers in the cities had been wondering if, somewhere in the universe, there might be other creatures like us: intelligent beings with language and culture and technology and so forth.

      And they also wondered if, somehow, those beings might be able to visit us here on Zyxvyk. Perhaps it was possible to voyage among the stars, just as our own people sailed across the oceans to distant lands.

      And the thinkers also asked this more penetrating question: Would these theoretical other-worldlings be friendly or predatory? Would they regard us as intelligent creatures worthy of respect, or as mere animals to be exploited?

      My friends and I used to discuss these fascinating questions endlessly. I, in particular, gave a great deal of thought to them.

      I already knew that the horizons of my life would be wider than our quiet rural existence and its mundane concerns. I loved my family and my friends and our beautiful old village – a delightful collection of comfortable nests built in the

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