This Year's Fiction Book Plan

For one of my New Year's resolutions, I stated that I would write and publish a book this year. I believe that I may have finally come up with my subject matter. Watching Netflix movies / television episodes and listening to podcasts, I found a good working "environment" that I can write a story in.
The following bullet-points illustrate some items to work in:

• Science-Fiction Adventure w/ Mystery elements
• Team of agents (5-6?)
• Fantasy mix-in with extra-terrestrial technology/creatures
• Possible dimension/time-travel/vision/manipulation

I have ideas for how to get this put together, such as starting it off in the middle of the action with a new (or soon-to-be) agent.  He/she would then act as an audience surrogate working to unveil the status quo and start the "real" bits of action.

Depending on how the plot rolls out, I intend to at least lay out a world in which additional stories can be told, or better yet, have the potential to be a set of serial stories.

Any ideas on what can be mixed in, character ideas, or mythologies to incorporate (ex: Cthulu, Egyptian, Doctor Who, etc), are VERY welcome.

If anyone has any editing experience or knows of any "budget/free" science-fiction editors, let me know, since if I think this is quality, I'd like to polish it without relying on my skewed personal opinion.

Review of "The Nexus" book

The Nexus by Richard Fazio
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The Nexus was my first GoodReads "FirstRead" free book. It's a science-fiction novel set in contemporary New York, speckled with bits of metaphysics, conspiracy, and danger.

The main character, Balthazar Sykes, embarks on a personal quest to discover what is going on with his mind, leading him to discover how he became the way he his while building stronger relationships. The quest is experienced through the eyes of many characters. The antagonists' point-of-view is revealed in a few segments, quite effectively giving the shadowy insights that tease the reader until resolved later.

A few of the characters such as Sykes's love interest, Alex, and co-worker Madge, develop to be well-rounded. Others do not get quite the same development time out of necessity: helpful side-characters for lack of importance; antagonists to avoid ruining the suspense.

The story's epilogue works quite well in closing the few open ends left. It is just the right length of story, both in terms of book size and timelines. You get just enough in terms of introducing characters as events begin to unfold, and not too much after the resolution, just bits of closure regarding relationships.

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