Speculative fan fiction for the upcoming horror game The Callisto Protocol. Daniels has been sentenced to Black Iron Prison, a penitentiary built onto Jupiter's moon Callisto. After a few miserable months, he suddenly finds himself in a unique position: as a professional diver, he is tasked with diving into the mysterious Stygian Sea the prison is built near and recovering... Something. Something he can't know the truth about. Something he can't speak about. Ever.

In an age where corporations rule supreme and civilization at large is primarily concerned with the Unreal Tournaments, it's easy to forget that research outposts are still necessary. One such outpost sits at the edge of civilized space on a miserable planet of eternal rain, dim gray skies, and seemingly endless plant life. For the ten men who live there, it is a punishment duty of tedium and routine. All of that changes when a mysterious escape pod full of twisted, mutated corpses crash-lands nearby...

A small team of battle-hardened Orbital Drop Shock Troopers are given a strangely simple assignment in an isolated region of space. As they settle into orbit over a small colony world named Darkholm, Corporal Ashton Kane feels his suspicions growing. The seemingly simple assignment complicates when scans show a strange interference of unknown origin blanketing the region they're supposed to investigate. Things only get worse as he becomes separated from his squad after dropping in from orbit. The night is dark, the rain is heavy, and something of unknown and unknowable evil stalks the forest around him as he hunts for his lost squad. Something far more powerful and deadly than he has ever faced before...

Captain J. F. Blake of the US Special Forces has been through a hell almost no one else on the planet has experienced. After a lengthy campaign against the Thing and the insane Colonel Whitley, he is the last man standing. Or so he thought. After the final showdown with Whitley, Blake meets fellow veteran of the Thing R. J. MacReady, sole survivor of Outpost Thirty One. Together, these two men must lead a ragtag band of battered, exhausted survivors against Genetic Incorporated and their army of mercenaries for control of the seventh continent. Blake isn't sure he has what it takes, but at this point, he's willing to die trying. He must battle the elements, mercenaries, and the living virus known only as the Thing if he's to keep the infection from spreading to the rest of the planet. It's time to put a stop to this once and for all...

A Novelization of the 2002 video game The Thing. Captain John Blake of the US Special Forces has fought in nearly every environment on the planet. From running down drug runners in Mexico to kidnappers in South America to Counter-Terrorism ops all over Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, he's seen and done it all. Or so he'd thought. As he prepares to go on some well-earned R&R, he is suddenly shoved onto a helicopter and flown to Antarctica. Given a team and a very short briefing, Blake is tasked with investigating an isolated American research outpost that has been mysteriously destroyed. What begins as a simple mystery and fairly straightforward mission quickly degenerates into a grim struggle for survival as Blake encounters a shape-shifting alien horror from beyond the stars. It assumes the forms of those it kills and it can hide in plain sight, as anyone can be infected. Now, Blake must assemble scattered remnants of the Special Forces personnel, scrounge for supplies, and brave the subzero antarctic temperatures, all while trying to discern who is human, and who is The Thing...