Press release originally published on Scribd
Data Scientist Eric Kay releases a new Science Fiction novel exploring Agency, AI Manipulation, and Human Endurance on the Hostile Frontier.
Drones Above Hell Below (or Power Metal Alien Slayers) by indie author Eric Kay, explores themes of alien and AI manipulation on individual human competence under the extreme duress of hard environments. It anchors in philosophical elements and emotional stakes in an action-packed tight narrative set in a tactile, lived-in, high-pressure colony.
Amazon ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H1Q6TSKC
Paperback & Hardback: June 2026
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/250419118-drones-above-hell-below
Quotes and Reviews:
"A captivating example of what science fiction can achieve when it balances high-concept world-building with genuine human stakes. From the opening chapters, the author introduces a meticulously crafted setting that feels both alien and eerily plausible... The protagonists are the true heart of the journey, possessing a depth and vulnerability that make their struggles feel deeply personal."
- Reviewer
"The atmosphere feels hostile, industrial, and lived-in in a very convincing way. The world doesn’t read like a generic sci-fi backdrop; it feels physical and dangerous... The thematic layering is stronger than you may realize. The AI-control aspect gives the novel its external conflict, but the deeper thread about humans surrendering themselves to systems, impulses, distractions, and engineered dependencies is what gives the story weight."
-Editor
"The book was generally very entertaining and engaging. I was stealing time from other priorities because I wanted to know what came next."
- Beta Reader
About the Book
Drones Above Hell Below has 275 pages of clean, accessible military science fiction and delivers a momentum-driven read grounded in competence, harsh frontiers, and human convictions. The book launches the reader into a survey mission on a high-pressure world which goes catastrophically wrong. Full of cinematic action sequences and chapters of extreme tension and stress amid a hidden adversary and inevitable system failures as during first contact with subterranean alien forces which warp their data.
Author Bio
Eric Kay does data science by day and writes science fiction by night. His work draws from both his professional life with data and artificial intelligence, his personal interest in exoplanets, and his wonder of absolute miracle of life. *Drones Above Hell Below (or Power Metal Alien Slayers)* is his fourth novel. Eric Kay 100% rejects the stagnation of modern narratives and the nihilism of not trying, in favor of stories that affirm endurance and an outward push, despite incredible difficulty.
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