The Rim Wars (working title)

Chapter 1. Freezer Burn

Before I got turned into a meatsicle I would read about aliens and hostile takeovers, advanced weaponry and Independence Day-like events. I never would've guessed that when they thawed me out, it would be humans as the bad guys, the invading overlords.

I guess I'm getting a little bit ahead of myself. My name is Gabriel Vanhaussen and I was recently revived from my stay in Cryo Tech, the Earth's biggest cryogenics company. I was interred, as it were, when I was 24 years old, a week after my birthday and three days after the discovery of the golf ball sized tumor nestled between the hemispheres of my brain. A fun filled week of seizures and scans, options and recommendations.

As the tumor had tendrils throughout my brain, it was inoperable; chemo and radiation therapy were not viable due to the sensitivity of brain tissue. Unfortunately my parents are terrible people who made an inordinate amount of money on the desecration of virgin land and underpaying immigrants to pave paradise and put up a parking lot.

With their ill gotten gains they were able to pay my way into Cryo Tech, where I have languished for over a century.