Elysium Rising
by Stephen Salaka
Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing
Release Date: February 2, 2025
Dreams build empires, but nightmares tear reality apart. A mind-bending sci-fi thriller of ambition, cosmic horror, and the fight for humanity’s future!
What if your dreams could build the future—and destroy it?
In Elysium Rising, one man’s visions unlock the secrets of the Eternal Engine, a technology so advanced it reshapes humanity’s fate. With its power, we leap beyond our wildest dreams: matter replication, dimensional gateways, limitless energy. But such innovation doesn’t come without consequence.
Enter The Pointers: silent figures pointing skyward, their eerie stillness captivating and unnerving the world. Enter a shadowy conspiracy that whispers of manipulation and control. And finally, enter the malevolent force awakened by the Eternal Engine—an entity far beyond comprehension, ready to collapse the fragile boundaries of reality.
Our protagonist isn’t just battling his own ambition; he’s racing to save his family, his creations, and existence itself. As he confronts cosmic horrors, tangled conspiracies, and his inner demons, the stakes spiral into a high-stakes collision between technological wonder and nightmare.
Will his genius become humanity’s salvation—or its undoing?
Blending the mind-bending twists of Inception, the irreverent wit of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and the heart-stopping terror of Insidious, Elysium Rising is a gripping adventure that will leave you questioning the limits of ambition, the strength of family, and the price of progress.
Perfect for fans of cutting-edge sci-fi, cosmic horror, and thought-provoking thrillers.
Are you ready to take the leap into the unknown?
About the Author
Stephen A. Salaka has spent two decades balancing cutting-edge tech and chaotic storytelling—juggling rockets, IT disasters, and existential horror, often at the same time. By day, he’s led global teams in aerospace and pharmaceuticals, tackled corporate nightmares, and optimized enterprises. By night, he turns those experiences into fiction that hits like a gut punch.
Armed with a Ph.D. (ABD) in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and an MBA, his stories explore the messy intersection of human ambition and technology, blending cosmic horror, sci-fi, and existential dread. His work isn’t just escapism—it’s a twisted reflection of reality, where dreams betray, systems fail, and the things we create might just devour us.
