The year: 2023. After Earth is decimated by pestilence and war, mankind attempts to colonise a distant planet. Here, Kevin Keegan sets up his new football academy...
The near future. Earth has been invaded by the L'zuhl, an aggressive, imperialistic alien race who have laid waste to the galaxy for centuries. The few human survivors have been evacuated to the farthest reaches of space to rebuild and fight back against the L'zuhl onslaught.
There, on the distant planet of Palangonia, in a large, walled compound that houses the new human colony, lives the former Newcastle United and England boss Kevin Keegan, now manager of Palangonia FC.
As the war rages, Keegan would love it if he could focus on the most important thing – picking up three points on Saturday against the neighbouring nebula – but with whispers of a L'zuhl spy on the loose in the compound, it falls to Keegan himself to find the culprit before it's too late...
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Scott Innes
Scott Innes was born in 1984 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire (which also happens to be the hometown of a certain Kevin Keegan). He is now based in East Sussex, where he lives with his wife and their cat. He graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in 2005 and has worked for the NHS in various capacities for almost fifteen years. After a dalliance with low-budget film-making, including one very amateurishly made student film that somehow managed to feature Stephen Fry as the narrator, he realised his real passion had always been for writing. Scott has been the writer of the Galactic Keegan Twitter account since early 2014, in which time it has accumulated more than 65,000 followers. When not writing, Scott is a keen reader, armchair football fan and worrier. He keeps telling himself that he’ll definitely get back into practising the piano again. One of these days. Probably. Maybe.
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29th April 2020Full steam ahead
Hi everyone,
Every email you’ve received over the past six weeks or so will no doubt have begun with the sender hoping you are keeping well during these strange times, so here’s one more for the pile. I hope you and yours are coping as well as possible with everything that’s going on. I just wanted to send out a quick message to confirm that, despite the current state of things, the Galactic…
9th March 2020Almost ready...
Hi everyone,
Apologies for the silence since my previous update in November - but fear not, all is progressing smoothly and the publication date in May is suddenly looming very large on the horizon.
The book has now passed the required stages and jumped through all the various hoops en route to publication and with the final minor tweaks now submitted and some snazzy chapter heading illustrations…
28th November 2019A publication date, a deadline - and the cover!
Hi everyone,
It's been a little while since the last update but fear not, in the meantime the book has been quietly winding its way towards completion and is very nearly there now - the rewrites, tweaks and copy-edits are all now complete and the book will very soon be sent off for typesetting, which is one of the final stages.
I'm pleased to say that the book also now has an official publication…
7th June 2019Update - June 2019
Hi everyone,
Just a quick update to let you know where things currently stand with the Galactic Keegan book. For the past three months I’ve been hard at work with my brilliant editor Liz on rewriting and improving the novel I’d written. With her guidance and wisdom I’ve made significant changes, including an all-new high-stakes, action-packed ending which I’m really so delighted with. We’ve now…
11th March 2019Galactic Keegan meets Coldwar Steve
Hi everyone,
Just a quick update to tell you about a very exciting new pre-order level that's just been launched. If you've received this update as an email then of course that means you've already pre-ordered your copy of the book, but remember that you can always upgrade an existing pledge if a new offer catches your eye. And I think this one is pretty snazzy.
The new 'Join Palangonia FC'…
25th January 2019Timescales and stretch goals
Hi everyone,
An update on where everything now stands and the long road ahead to the finish line. The book has now been assigned an editor who will go through my manuscript and give it a good, solid kick up the arse and send it back to me so that I can rewrite it and mould it into better shape. This will take several months at least, depending on how much work needs to be done. After that, there…
10th January 2019100% funded!
Well! I wasn't even remotely prepared to get to this stage yet but after a sudden surge I am beyond thrilled to tell you that Galactic Keegan: The Novel is now fully funded and will be published! Thank-you all so, so much for believing in this project these past six or seven weeks and for playing a part in bringing this book into existence. It genuinely would not have been possible without each and…
5th January 201980% funded!
Hi everyone,
Just a quick update to mark the fact that Galactic Keegan: The Novel has today hit the 80% mark - I'm over the moon with that, to have almost 600 people back this project is a real thrill and very humbling. I'm chuffed that so many people want to see the book become a reality.
Please do continue to spread the word if you can and if you follow the Twitter account, thanks for being…
10th December 2018Over halfway there!
Hello everyone,
Well, just under three weeks in and Galactic Keegan: The Novel is already over 50% of the way towards its funding target! My ambitious aim prior to the launch was to perhaps reach that stage by Christmas, so to be there already is fantastic progress - I'm absolutely delighted and it's really all thanks to you. I'm so grateful for all the pledges, retweets, shares and general goodwill…
Alice Broadribb asked:
Will this be a hardback or a paperback, please?
Unbound replied:
Hi Alice,
Thanks for getting in touch. If the project reaches its funding target then we'll publish the book as a paperback. I hope this helps!
Unbound Support.
Robert Newell asked:
Good evening from a soon to be stinking hot Melbourne.
I was wondering if it is possible to get 2 signed books please? Do I just pledge twice or can I pledge a bit more for the 2pack to get them signed (I actually only want mine signed but was going to gift the other one.)
Many thanks in advance and the very best of luck for the remainder of your campaign.
Best wishes.
Rob
Scott Innes replied:
Hi Robert,
Thanks for this and for the kind words, much appreciated - I'm afraid in this situation your only option would be to pledge for a signed edition and the unsigned one separately as there's unfortunately no way to combine two pledge levels in that way. I'm really sorry for the inconvenience caused with this one.
All the best,
-Scott
Steve Townsend asked:
How do I make an additional pledge as a gift to someone else?
Unbound replied:
Hi Steve,
To make a gift pledge you just pledge for the book again at the level that you want to gift, but if you want to you can add an alternative delivery address and change the name that will be included in the supporter list.
There's more details of how to change the name over in our help centre if you need it: http://help.unbound.com/unbound-for-readers/managing-your-subscriptions/changing-the-supporter-name-thats-printed-in-a-book. I hope this helps.
Best wishes, Unbound Support
Steve Townsend asked:
Thanks. Also, how do I now change my original pledge reward downwards although keeping the amount pledged the same?
Unbound replied:
Hi Steve,
If you email us at support@unbound.com with the level you'd now like to be at we can see what we can do for you.
Thanks,
Unbound Support
Will this be a hardback or a paperback, please?
Hi Alice, Thanks for getting in touch. If the project reaches its funding target then we'll publish the book as a paperback. I hope this helps! Unbound Support.
Good evening from a soon to be stinking hot Melbourne. I was wondering if it is possible to get 2 signed books please? Do I just pledge twice or can I pledge a bit more for the 2pack to get them signed (I actually only want mine signed but was going to gift the other one.) Many thanks in advance and the very best of luck for the remainder of your campaign. Best wishes. Rob
Hi Robert, Thanks for this and for the kind words, much appreciated - I'm afraid in this situation your only option would be to pledge for a signed edition and the unsigned one separately as there's unfortunately no way to combine two pledge levels in that way. I'm really sorry for the inconvenience caused with this one. All the best, -Scott
How do I make an additional pledge as a gift to someone else?
Hi Steve, To make a gift pledge you just pledge for the book again at the level that you want to gift, but if you want to you can add an alternative delivery address and change the name that will be included in the supporter list. There's more details of how to change the name over in our help centre if you need it: http://help.unbound.com/unbound-for-readers/managing-your-subscriptions/changing-the-supporter-name-thats-printed-in-a-book. I hope this helps. Best wishes, Unbound Support
Thanks. Also, how do I now change my original pledge reward downwards although keeping the amount pledged the same?
Hi Steve, If you email us at support@unbound.com with the level you'd now like to be at we can see what we can do for you. Thanks, Unbound Support