Jerome is at the height of his career as a United Nations Operative, his noble job has his skills placed on the line in low profile deployments all across the highly destabilized regions of the African Continent. Regardless of whether the public is aware of his actions, it is safe to say his dedication continues to ensure the stability of civilized society, even as the ongoing threat of a resource depleted Earth and Global Warming threatens to undermine all efforts. As an Operative, he is content with his place as a productive member of the special forces community in a world heading into an uncertain future. Until a mysterious rift appears in the icy wastelands of Antarctica, connecting our world to another beyond it, adding another variable, and perhaps perspective to his carefully crafted way of life.

Corporal Greg Walker has just awoken in an icebound nightmare. With the decades-long war between his own race and the collective of genocidal, religious zealots known only as the Covenant comes to what might be an apocalyptic end, and the Covenant at long last finding humanity's homeworld, Greg is burning with rage at the thought of not being there for what could be Earth's end. But when he finds himself stranded on a distant, isolated planet with few allies and dwindling resources, he realizes that he's just crash-landed in his own war, and it will take absolutely everything he has to survive...

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