"If it takes a lifetime to become a great chef, then it takes ten lifetimes to become the galaxy's best!"
Against all odds, Clara Ocol is chosen to write the biography of The Great Zion Wright - Leader of the Galactic Alliance, Pacifier of the terrifying Arkathy, and Ambassador of Peace. But Zion is neither a heroic soldier, a conqueror of worlds, a charismatic prophet, nor anything of the like. He is a chef...
However, when Clara first meets Zion, she's overcome with disappointment. Zion is succumbing to a mysterious brain disease, telling ridiculous tales from a millennium ago - long before The Fall and consequent loss of history. When Clara investigates these tales, she discovers an incredible phenomenon. One explaining how a chef from old Earth can live for 1500 years, survive humanity's near extinction, and become the galaxy's savior.
Ryan Duval's debut novel, Galaxy's Best Chef, resurrects the storytelling style of The Canterbury Tales, depicting nine tales spread along a main storyline, told from the perspectives of chefs, farmers, scientists, and soldiers as Earth's cultures amalgamate, expand into the solar system, and reach the stars.
Ryan is a Senior Architectural Designer who has lived and worked In NYC for ten years. But it was his years spent in Beijing that inspired him to begin writing science fiction. Growing up in a small town in Maine and having lived in major cities worldwide, Ryan brings a unique perspective to his writing, focusing on how agriculture, architecture, and settlement can shape and be shaped by the future. He lives with his wife and son in Ithaca, NY, who inspire him daily.
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