I've been writing my series over a year, finally started releasing and it still feels like nothing I do improves marketing and gets reviews. I'm glad I got it published, but it feels like I messed up my releases doing it myself. Advertising seems to get mixed results and as I learn more it feels like everything I've done needs more work. It's a never ending process. Has anyone else felt this frustration? It's getting harder to make time, I'm hoping with patience it will get better.

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Hello and thank-you for welcoming me. I’m seeking beta reader assistance for my novel 'Treasure World', a dark sci-fi horror story set in the Star Heir Universe. This is the earliest book of my universe, in 2072 prior to Earth properly joining the galaxy. The Characters have never heard of Earth,

The story follows the crew of the Wanderer, a desperate salvage ship drowning in debt, failing systems, and years of running from both corporations and their past mistakes. When they finally reach the legendary “Treasure World,” they discover something far worse and far more tempting than buried riches.

As the planet begins healing their injuries, fears, grief, and even their memories, the crew slowly realizes the world may not just be alive… it may be trying to transform them into something no longer human.

The book mixes:

• cosmic horror
• psychological sci-fi
• found-family crew dynamics
• slow-burn transformation horror
• philosophical themes about suffering, identity, and transcendence

Word Count: 81k
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror / Cosmic Horror / Space Opera

Content Warnings

Body horror themes, psychological manipulation, grief/loss, violence, existential horror.

No strict deadline even partial feedback would help a lot.

Thanks to anyone interested.

Excerpt:

"Nyx—" Kaelan started.

"Don't talk." Her voice was different. Flat. Mechanical. The kind of voice that came from someone who had turned off everything human to make room for calculation. "I'm compensating for the tidal distortions. The computer can't process them fast enough. I can."

She wasn't lying. The Wanderer banked hard to port, scraping between two asteroids with centimeters to spare, the hull shrieking as rock kissed metal. Then she rolled the ship ninety degrees along its long axis, threading through a gap that had opened and closed in less than two seconds. The maneuver should have been impossible—no human pilot could process the trajectories, no human reflexes could execute the commands.

But Nyx wasn't relying on human reflexes. Not entirely.

Kaelan saw it then—the faint blue glow beneath her skin, visible only in the emergency lighting, tracing the circuitry scars on her forearms. The Apex Enhancement Program. Whatever they'd done to her, whatever they'd built into her nervous system, she was using it now. Not holding back. Not restraining.

For thirty seconds, she was something else. Something that made the ISA Thresher look slow.

"They're falling behind," she said, her voice still flat, still inhuman. "Their targeting computer can't compensate for my unpredictability. I'm not using standard navigation algorithms. I'm using... something else."

Then the glow faded. Her hands slowed. The ship drifted back into normal trajectories, and Nyx slumped in her chair, breathing hard, sweat beading on her forehead.

"Nyx?" Kaelan asked carefully.

"Don't." She didn't look at him. "Don't ask. Don't ever ask."

Hey everyone. I’m looking for beta readers for my novel 'Treasure Planet', a dark sci-fi horror story set in the Star Heir Universe.

The story follows the crew of the Wanderer, a desperate salvage ship drowning in debt, failing systems, and years of running from both corporations and their past mistakes. When they finally reach the legendary “Treasure World,” they discover something far worse and far more tempting than buried riches.

As the planet begins healing their injuries, fears, grief, and even their memories, the crew slowly realizes the world may not just be alive… it may be trying to transform them into something no longer human.

The book mixes:

• cosmic horror
• psychological sci-fi
• found-family crew dynamics
• slow-burn transformation horror
• philosophical themes about suffering, identity, and transcendence

Word Count: 47k
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror / Cosmic Horror / Space Opera

Feedback I’m looking for:

• Did the atmosphere and tension hold up?
• Did the psychological/cosmic horror work?
• Were the crew dynamics believable?
• Did the emotional moments land?
• Did the transformation/theme progression feel effective or repetitive?
• Did the pacing stay engaging throughout?

Content Warnings

Body horror themes, psychological manipulation, grief/loss, violence, existential horror.

No strict deadline even partial feedback would help a lot.

Thanks to anyone interested.