Vitalerium: Descent into the Void

Winner of The Florida Authors and Publishers Association Gold Award Nearly six centuries have passed since humanity discovered vitalerium, an extraordinary gravity-bending blue crystal that ushered in a golden age of exploration and science fiction space travel. By the year 2701, the futuristic society of Planet Deorum has come to depend on this remarkable resource and the advanced civilization it helped create. Following a near-fatal disaster, roughneck freelancer Roman Matthews unwittingly finds himself at the center of a harrowing conspiracy. Hunted by Deorum’s government, the Coalition for Prosperity, Roman must rely on his deadly skillset and instincts for survival as he searches for the truth. Joined by a band of unlikely allies, Roman begins unraveling secrets that threaten the delicate balance of their advanced civilization. What begins as a fight to stay alive soon becomes one of the dangerous science fiction mysteries surrounding the Coalition and its true ambitions. As a powerful sect within the Coalition prepares to impose its Machiavellian vision of utopia, Deorum moves ever closer to a dystopian future. The proverbial pendulum begins to swing toward chaos. Blending space opera action adventure with political intrigue, futuristic technology, conspiracy, and high-stakes exploration, Vitalerium takes readers on a journey through a civilization where the pursuit of utopia may ultimately become its undoing."