After decades of all out war between human and Scraegan, the planet Rychter has finally settled into an uneasy peace. Both sides can rebuild, lick their wounds, and for the first time try to coexist. But the war isn't over for everyone. Without the unifying threat of the mysterious Crawlers, factions on both sides are once again spoiling for a fight, threatening to tip the world back into conflict. The closest thing humanity has to an ambassador, Sergeant Ryke Vannigan finds himself in the eye of the storm once again. He must help keep the peace between human and Scraegan, while investigations into the origin of the Crawlers reveal uncomfortable truths about the planet's past. Before the arrival of the human colonists, someone else had plans for Rychter. And they're about to put things back on track. || BOOK 3 in the HUNTER-KILLER SERIES

In the dire times of every nation, overpopulation and war stand at the door. People are driven to do whatever it takes to survive-until a single idea emerges: the creation of one final hope, a neutral world beyond Earth. This is the journey of two people from different classes, struggling to survive in completely different realities. Should they have ever met? And who could have known that this meeting would become so dangerous?

In a city floating among the clouds, life is spent fighting gravity. To end up on the surface of the Earth amongst enormous, roving clouds of carbon dioxide would be certain death. Yet no city can exist as an island in the sky; steel rusts and motors fail. Someone needs to be supplying the city with resources to repair or replace. The Retrieval Corp is the best of the best. The best windsurfers, most resourceful engineers, the most creative salvagers. Together, these courageous few brave the surface and retrieve whatever the city needs. Allisios Soliros has spent his life working towards joining the Retrieval Team. Now, with a coveted spot open, only one thing stands between him and his dream. His father. ONC Prompt 78: You begin to realize nothing is quite what it seems. ONC Prompt 16: And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul. Cover by @TrashyM

Like all citizens of the Protected States of America, Paul has lived his entire life within the confines of one of the government-run safety towers. A gifted student and model citizen, he has always diligently followed all of the guidelines prescribed by the experts, but a chance encounter with a dangerous old man threatens to change everything. Will he continue to put his safety first, or will his newfound hunger for the truth lead him into the danger outside the walls of Tower 440?

In a near-future world, Vortex Co. - led by the ruthless CEO Valtieri - secretly weaponizes crashed alien nanotechnology to create Corbions: bio-mechanical soldiers built from abducted humans with wiped memories and a cold hive-mind. The Glitch Riya Malik Johnson survives the conversion process with her consciousness intact. Escaping Vortex labs, she joins Shadow 16, a rogue group of glitched hybrids in the Dead Zone. There she masters Nano-Shift - morphing her metallic limbs into weapons - while her Pulsar Reactor Heart grows stronger with emotion. The War of the Sisters At the heart of the conflict is Riya's tragic rivalry with her younger sister, Maya, who was fully converted into the lethal Commander Unit. Riya's mission is not to destroy the machines, but to save the human soul trapped behind Maya's violet eyes. Global Escalation As the secret war erupts publicly, the U.S. military (Rangers, Navy, SEALs) reluctantly allies with the Shadow 16 hybrids. Desperate soldiers activate the Relic Protocol - reactor weapons that grant immense power but slowly kill their human users. Sacrifice & Reckoning In the explosive finale, Riya uses a Neuro-Sync to restore Maya's humanity, sacrificing her own life. Maya's awakened rage dismantles Vortex Co. and shuts down the entire Corbion network. Aftermath Five years later, the hybrids stand as Earth's eternal guardians. But the final twist reveals the true horror: the signal sent during the war has reached deep space. The original alien owners of the nanotechnology are coming to reclaim what is theirs. A dark, emotional sci-fi thriller about sisterhood, sacrifice, identity, and the terrifying cost of playing god with alien technology.

Rain keeps falling. Deep in the Grey Zone, the Abyssals are evolving. Hunters Ronan and Lyra accept a routine mission, yet find themselves caught in a greater tide - missing hunters, dead merchants, a stirring breeding ground, and a vow that was never fulfilled three years ago. This is not a tale of heroes saving the world. It is the everyday life of the hunters in Grey Town, and the rain.