To celebrate their engagement and upcoming wedding, Giacobbe Ranieri and Zoey Taylor hold a party, inviting thirty guests over, including their best friend, Adam Colton. However, an evening of fun quickly spirals into a night of terror as home appliances begin going ablaze. The events happening outside their confined apartment, however, are no different. The skyline of the city becomes overwhelmed by towers and balls of flames and smoke, choking citizens to their deaths. As Adam peeps through the window discreetly, he sees two figures. These figures, however, look highly unnatural and not human at all. Something is off about them. And that was when he became confident of his theory. "We aren't alone in this world." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Stick around to find out what "Voltaic" has in relation to the book!] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Word Count: [[50,000-51,000]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Place in the Reconteur Awards, Sci Fic Genre 1st Place in the Phoenix Awards, General Fiction Genre 1st Place in the Categories Awards, Best Blurb Category 2nd Place in the Literary Book Awards - Action Genre 2nd Place in The Writers' Awards [1st Edition 2022], Action/Adventure/Thriller Genre 2nd Place in the Pawesome Awards 2022, Sci-Fi Genre 2nd Place in The Seasonal Contests [Second Edition - 2021], Action/Adventure Genre 2nd Place in The Magic Book Awards - Best Description Category 3rd Place in the Featuring Stars AWARDS 2023, Science Fiction Genre 3rd Place in The Book Awards, Sci-Fi Genre 3rd Place in The Wonder Awards, Best Insult Category

Laurence Jones, an ordinary soldier at Valour International Military Organisation, had expected to fight a war against some humans to defend others. He had never expected to go against a whole alien race to protect mankind. * * * This more comedic yet darker counterpart and spin-off of Voltaic tells the story of Larry, Enrique, and his newfound acquaintances, Jennifer, Veronica and Tara, as they fight to survive a horrifying indundation of extraterrestrials as they flood Chicago with their kind. Larry leads the group in ensuring that they will live to tell this story to others, although they don't know one thing-that he had known about the attack beforehand. Valour had reiterated it just before it had all happened, that a mass casualty event would occur in the city. They called it the "Calamity of Chicago". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Word Count: [[37,500-42,500 when complete]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Place in the Luna Awards 2023 - Mystery/Thriller/Action Genre 2nd Place in the Hibiscus Awards - Action Genre 2nd Place in the Rose Gold Awards 2023 - Adventure Genre 2nd Place in The Crown Awards - Adventure Genre 3rd Place in the Literary Book Awards - Adventure Genre 3rd Place in Dazzle - Below 500 Awards - Action/Adventure Genre 3rd Place in The Magic Book Awards - Best First Chapter Category

[DISCONTINUED] This old version of Crimson has been discontinued.