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Author, a Writer, Poet Fellow, and Entrepreneur, SJ McGarry, has a bachelor's degree in music from Weber State University, UT, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing - Fiction, from National University, La Jolla, CA.
ShirLee has won many awards, including the prestigious Poet Fellow award of recognition from Noble House Publishing, London. She has a passion for writing.
Centaurius the Prophecy, book one in the Green Galaxy series, is in dedication to the spirit and beauty of Mother Earth and all its creations and the responsibility that is ours to our relationship with all living things within our beautiful planet. Through careful choices in the use of Earth's resources, she hopes that we will leave the world's biosphere in perfect balance for future generations. Every living organism within the planet is connected, and the balance between species is walking a thin line towards total extinction.
She has published poetry, short children stories on Amazon, The Adventures of Cluck-Cluck: The Subpoena, 2nd edition, and currently publishing her Speculative Fiction, Sci-Fi –Fantasy novel for YA in the Green Galaxy Series: Centaurius: The Prophecy – book 1, Centaurius: Into the Fracas – book 2 in 2020 and book 3 The Key: Fractured Earth, set for publication in 2021.
Reviewed by Jessica Barbosa for Readers' Favorite
Centaurius the Prophecy is book one of the Green Galaxy Series by SJ McGarry. A dark, corrupt threat rises and puts the planets Centaurius and Earth in grave danger. This destructive entity is called the Red Brume, a creation that poisoned everything in its path and, according to the archives, it is the most feared of all prophecies. It is capable of devastating everything, an evil force driving the exploitation of natural resources. However, a certain hero stands in its way: the promised Princess Warrior of Centaurius, foreseen by the prophecies; Nella Grizel Reiner. It is clear that Nella cannot fight this powerful foe alone. She travels to Earth with her protector and mentor, Konan, two agents from the Interplanetary Galaxy Operatives (IPGO), and her Fur and Feathered Warriors in a mission to find Nella’s mirrored Earth Warrior - the chosen one foreordained in the Book of Twenty. Bonded together, working as a team, the Centaurius Princess Warrior and the mirrored Earth Warrior will become fearsome and powerful advocates for the survival of both planets and galaxies.
SJ McGarry has created a detailed, science fiction story that uniquely depicts the fragile but delightful essence of Nature, the different life forms it governs, and the influence humans have over them, good or bad. I saw this as a story that portrays the weight of responsibility and stepping up to help save what is important. One of the many things I found interesting about this story’s idea is how nature and technology seamlessly blend together to create a unique and distinctive world that continues to pull me in with every new and remarkable concept introduced. I found the different gifts the characters had to be one of the most intriguing things in the book, like the ability of galaxy living resolution (GLR) which divines the intent of any living being or the gift to communicate with all creatures. I found the book to be thoroughly enjoyable; there was never a dull moment as I thirsted for every chapter that pulled me deeper into its fascinating plot. The story is descriptive and imaginative and I looked forward to learning more about the planet Centaurius and its people. There is so much raw potential in Centaurius the Prophecy that I get goosebumps just thinking of what could possibly happen next.
