Dear readers In a time of universal prosperity technology and good will Earth is still the home base for a thriving human civilization which has spread across 50 or so planets In addition to these colonies the people of Earth are on friendly terms with hundreds of alien civilizations Some of these aliens are humanoid some are animal-like and a few are truly unique Almost all the civilizations Earth is in contact with are friendly and military aggression is extremely rare but that has not always been the case For many generations conflicts and misunderstandings led to a galaxy in continual war But this all began to change in U-year 13,154,333,701 when a visionary alien named Eno Therru called all the alien civilizations together for the first Galaxy Games With a mix of space science facts and science-fiction fun the Galaxy Games series stars 12-year-old twins Gemma and Jones Team Earth’s very own out-of-this-world athletes The twins travel from planet to planet with their teammates to compete in the biannual Galaxy Games This series is nonsequential so you can enjoy them in any order And when the reading fun is done there’s lots of bonus stuff to dive into including jokes fun facts scientist bios websites to visit and more These books are a real blast Happy reading Rourke Educational Media 3
Chapter 1 Never Trust A Klaxian July 2 2238 Martian Galaxy Games Village The Galaxy Games Village cafeteria was packed with thousands of aliens from hundreds of worlds The immense domed room was noisy and raucous filled with new friendships and good smells The team from Garanzi Prime had made their legendary cake for dessert rumored to be the most scrumptious and possibly delicious sweet in the known universe But the line snaked all the way to the door and Team Earth stood at the back of it This is a waste of time Felix Rip said with a flex of his biceps We should be training for the Gamatron 6
We’ve been training nonstop for days said Gemma Estrella And as our team captain I say we need a break Gemma looked over to her twin brother Jones and caught his eyes He flashed his goofy smile back at her In truth Gemma and Jones were co-captains But Jones wasn’t the type of co-captain to correct his twin sister Some break Felix said flexing his other bicep and looking over the line I’ve had more fun watching paint dry Gemma was too happy to listen to Felix It felt great to be out of that training room and among new people It didn’t matter that most of those people weren’t actually human She had been leading her team’s training for weeks preparing for the Gamatron It was the oldest and most prestigious event in the entire Galaxy Games But with all these interesting alien faces to watch it was easy to forget about the Gamatron for a while At every table she saw alien races from across the galaxy sitting 7
