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Custodians of the Future

X. Ho Yen

"You are a vital component of Global Waste"

went the company motivational email...


Irena wants to fit in, and she needs the job, so she goes with the flow and doesn't rock the boat.


But discovering strange, potentially deadly contents in Stockholm's wastewater sends her fellow janitor squad members off the rails. Their whacky assumptions and accusations lead to mayhem, threatening the lives and livelihoods of the innocent targets of their suspicions. Irena is caught between her integrity and her need for security.


It's New Year's Eve, 2099. Can Irena get to the bottom of the wastewater mystery while keeping her teammates from doing harm, staying out of prison, and avoiding the retributions of Luxembourger street vendors, Buddhist monks, and the dreaded Canadian Space Agency?


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This mystery-romp-chase will ring bells among fans of Star Trek, The Blues Brothers, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Red Dwarf, Alien/Aliens, and other iconic works of pop culture and beyond.

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5/5 -- Readers' Favorite

5/5 -- The Wishing Shelf

Book Details

  • Publisher: Grand Unification Monastery
  • Publish Date: Oct 9th, 2023
  • Pages: 260
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.00in - 0.55in - 0.57lb
  • EAN: 9780976615866
  • Categories: Science Fiction - Humorous

About the Author

Ho Yen, X.: - "X.HoYen is an autistic, East Prussian-Cuban-Chinese human raised by Kwai Chang Caine on the planet Vulcan.Before his two+ decades in aerospace engineering, he was a sandwich maker, security guard, deliverer of flowers, preschool teacher, data processing grunt, taxi driver, and independent software author. He's been married since the Soviet Union was dissolved.He's been in the air (PPL glider rating), out to sea (science data collection), deep underground (Carlsbad Caverns, etc.), and in high mountain, winter whiteout (research station).He wants to continue the trend of humanizing, globalizing, and de-militarizing realism-based sci fi.Everything in this bio is true except the part about being raised on Vulcan - that was poetic license. But X.HoYen is a pen name.Keep in touch at XHoYenAuthor.com."

Praise for this book

"I found it a fast read and kept thinking I had the ending figured out. Of course I was never close to figuring it out but found it a fascinating, humorous read!" - Cathy B., CotF Alpha Reader


"A rollicking romp through the lingering stench of the wretched refuse of human civilization. I really enjoyed it. I read it straight through. You should consider this an extreme complement - rarely happens... bloody brilliant." - Chris B., CotF Alpha Reader


"Enjoyed the book! Much sillier tone than MSD, it was a fun read" - Bobby R., CotF Alpha Reader