When I sobered up, the first thing I noticed was I wasn't in the hotel anymore. The more I looked around, the stranger the scene around me became. Maybe the most noticeable of these additions was the steaming gun barrel leveled with my head. *** Meet Reily Zane, resident black girl with a weird name who makes a deal with a trigger-crazy killer who also happens to be british. What will become of such a pair?

It's the year 2309 and the question of whether we are alone in the universe is finally answered; an answer which ends in a full-scale war. Desperate to become a hero, Jason Scharn enrolls in the United Solar Military to push back these alien invaders. But as the war progresses and his career soars, two things become apparent. Is the sacrifice to those close to him necessary and is the enemy this evil entity that propaganda suggests? As more colleagues and friends die around him and key figures start to disappear, questions start to emerge that only he can answer. Why did they attack us? Did they start this war? Who is my true enemy? #Mystique Circle Awards 2023 - Science Fiction 1st Place