The Hermes Endeavor
- Reads 195
- Votes 27
- Parts 13
Haunted by increasingly darker nightmares, Doctor Jared Renfro ignores the nagging in his gut and prepares to turn on the device for the first time. As the portal powers up and shapes begin to take form, he discovers even his darkest dreams did not prepare him for the horror he was unleashing upon the world.
Driving his estranged teenage daughter back to the custody of his ex-wife, Nathan Baily laments the failed weekend drawing to its close. As he comes to terms with his life crashing down, a new threat puts the lives of everyone he loves at risk. Is his nearly forgotten training enough to keep them alive?
Ten years after the tragic death of her husband, Ashley Cornell finds herself at the very location the murder occurred. As a wave of devastation sweeps over the walls of the military base, a new oath forms in her mind: she will not let this place take the life of her son as well.
The Hermes Endeavor follows the stories of twelve people caught in the midst of an invasion only few suspected. Under insurmountable odds, they must learn the true meaning of sacrifice to save all that they hold dear.
All Rights Reserved
Join the largest storytelling communityGet personalized story recommendations, save your favourites to your library, and comment and vote to grow your community.
You may also like
Finding Darkness
The big city can be a dangerous place for anyone, but for someone new to its dangers, it can be deadly. Recently escaped from the people that created her, Six is on the run, out in the world for the first time in her short life. Stalked by a team of the best trackers on the planet, she knows her odds of escape are slim at best. Yet these men are not her most pressing concern. Not when the planet that she was born into is no longer controlled by humans. When every person on the planet lives under the shadow of a race none can defeat. Where your only option is bow the knee, or die.Complete![𝑬𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑶𝒇 𝑺𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅𝒂 [𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝑶𝒏𝒆]](https://img.wattpad.com/cover/393682526-256-k957121.jpg)
𝑬𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑶𝒇 𝑺𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅𝒂 [𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝑶𝒏𝒆]
An Atlantis medic. A haunted warrior. A galaxy full of danger-and desire. When Jenna Callahan is assigned to Atlantis as the newest off-world medic, she expects hostile planets, Wraith attacks, and impossible science. What she doesn't expect is the fierce, silent Satedan warrior who shadows her through missions and lingers in her thoughts long after. Ronon Dex doesn't let people in-especially not someone like her. But when a dark threat resurfaces from the ashes of his past, Jenna finds herself caught in the crossfire of a war she doesn't understand and feelings she never saw coming. As tensions rise across galaxies and loyalties are tested on the home front, Jenna must navigate more than just alien battlegrounds. Hearts are on the line-and not everyone plays fair. Action, romance, and emotional stakes collide in this Stargate Atlantis story that dives deep into the scars we carry-and the connections that refuse to burn out.Complete
STAR SOULDIER: Doctor Preventor
Dr. Zoey Ek was a top secret operative-in-training for the enigmatic Council Supreme of the Watchers, tasked with overseeing humanity's evolutionary tendency. Her mission was clear: observe, but never interfere. Unbeknownst to her, however, she was tested to ascertain her qualification status in carrying out this mission -- a test she failed. For in the line of her duty, an incident turned "accidentally" deadly. And Zoey made a fateful choice -- breaking protocol to save the life of an innocent, would-have-been-dead child. What she believed was an act of compassion was deemed a insubordination by the Watchers, a grave "sin" that disqualified her from her primary mission. As punishment, she was relegated to the ranks of the Preventors, a penitent role reserved for operatives who failed the Watchers' stringent tests. Now, Zoey has one chance at redemption: save the lives of 1,000 individuals targeted for sudden, inexplicable death across the globe -- all within 24 hours! Success will restore her honor and her place among the elite. Failure means an eternity as a Preventor, a shadow of her former self, forever haunted by the lives she could not save. Armed with extraordinary powers but racing against an impossible clock, Zoey must confront not only external forces but also the weight of her singular decision to save that child's life. Will she rise to the challenge, or will the burden of 1,000 lives prove too much, even for a superhuman?Complete
Star Kissed
When Mandy loses her job, she thinks she’s hit rock bottom – until her plane is swallowed by a strange storm that sends her and everyone else on board 10,000 years into the future. At first, she thinks the scary world is nothing more than a bad dream. The war-torn Earth is unrecognizable. Black fog blocks the sun, and the oceans are dry. Even worse: the planet is inhabited by half-human, half-alien creatures dying from a mysterious disease. Horrified at the thought of spending her life here, she clings to the knowledge that there’s one man who can open the star gate to send her home. As the Naki prince who controls the star gate, Akkadi gets first choice of any human female that makes her way through the star gate. Only by breeding with purebred humans from the past can his race hope to remain immune to the disease and hopefully, develop an eventual cure. With shrinking resources and a raging battle for the human planet, dutiful, commanding Akkadi is less than thrilled at the idea of trying to figure out Mandy, a woman he views as wild with neither discipline nor respect for someone in his position. He’s ready to write her off, when she offers him something too tempting to resist: her body for the chance to convince him by any means possible to send her home. Neither intends for the arrangement to be permanent or to fall for the other. Only when Mandy learns Akkadi’s secret and walks away does he realize he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her – even if it means losing his war.Complete
Echos of Tomorrow
Echoes of Tomorrow The Dominion Cycle In a world ruled by aliens, trust is a luxury-and love is a betrayal. Elara Morgan went to sleep to save the world. But when she wakes up 81 years later, she finds a broken Earth under the control of the Nai'thari, an alien species that has shaped humanity's future in their own image. Alone, disoriented, and desperate for answers, Elara is forced to rely on the one being who might offer them: Kael, a mysterious and unsettling Nai'thari who claims to disagree with his kind's conquest of Earth. But his icy exterior hides a deeper struggle-one that might make him the most dangerous person she's ever met. Though their worlds are worlds apart, a reluctant alliance forms between Elara and Kael as they search for a way to fight back against the Dominion. But the more they work together, the more Elara finds herself drawn to the alien who both terrifies and fascinates her. Torn between hatred for the empire he represents and a growing, undeniable attraction to him, Elara must grapple with a future where love could be both her salvation and her downfall. In a world where nothing is as it seems, and trust is a slow burn, Elara will have to decide: Can she love an enemy, or will the bond between them destroy everything they're fighting for?Complete
Blackstone - The Temple of Trials
The Saga Continues... Now a Ranger of Blackstone, Eliza Grant has proven herself on numerous missions since her graduation nine months ago. However, the life of a Ranger is filled with uncertainty and little does Eliza suspect the dangers that await her in the weeks to come. Sent to Shanghai by Colonel Nash to recruit a powerful new psionic to replace the traitorous Carrie Brunner, Eliza and David Ross are abducted by the evil Church of Darwin and forced to compete in a vicious intergalactic reality show that has them fighting for their lives across dozens of alien worlds. Tested to the very limits of their abilities as they struggle to survive, David and Eliza must also come to terms with their growing feelings for each other and Eliza learns that she must make a choice between love and duty for a Keeper of the Wend must always walk alone. Filled with action, excitement, danger, thrills and romance, the epic adventure continues in Blackstone - The Temple of Trials!Complete
Last to fall (Re-mastered)
Exiled and left to die on a hostile alien planet for a crime she didnt commit, alita is saved by a alien native who wants nothing to do with her... Or so he thought. ~~~ ((limited time read!!!))~~~ Xanadis...A world deemed uninhabitable by humans and made into a penal colony where deathrow convicts are sent to serve out the rest of their lives, forced to fight to survive or subcome to the harsh enviroment and fall prey to the many creatures that live there. After being convicted of a murder she didnt commit alita is left stranded on the hostile world filled with carnivorous plants, ruthless criminals, hostile natives, and bloodthirsty monsters. She comes to realize the world isnt as unforgiving and cold as it seems. She's saved by a native who dislikes humans as much as the next guy but shes intent on sticking by his side in order to survive. The only issue being is the last thing he wants is a pathetic, weak human girl following him around. (Limited time only read!) (This story isn't professionally edited yet and im new to writing so sorry for grammar and typos! ) (THIS IS THE RE-WRITTEN VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL STORY AND WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TEMPORARILY UNTIL IT IS FINISHED OR IM FORCED TO REMOVE IT.)
DARKNESS WITHIN
A weekend at the cabin, in an out-of-the-way place, just outside Otter Creek Maine, a handful of young adults and college students unwittingly breach the veil between our world and another world of unspeakable evil. It is in this world that they must confront the hideous god power of the realm or the world that they know will cease to exist, lost to the powers of chaos and oblivion. While our heroes and heroines are struggling to save themselves beyond the veil that they have crossed, the rift has been opened and our world quickly becomes infected by the darkness. Monsters and demons are released and a wedding and pool-party are interrupted by Monwodai, shadow demons, that turn the festivities into a massacre by bodily ripping apart the guests. The authorities are at a loss, for the demons leave only ash and the smell of sulfur to mark their passing. A would-be rapist learns that there are forces more foul and dangerous than him, and a writer with a house full of young women board themselves inside and fight off Nhei'hari, demon wasps, that can enter the mind and distort reality. While darkness reigns on, the group confront the other horror-realm, find themselves caught in a contest between two deranged god-like entities that want to turn our world into one of their own twisted visions.Complete![Starsnatcher - Trapped In An Alien World [COMPLETE]](https://img.wattpad.com/cover/227491026-256-k937173.jpg)
Starsnatcher - Trapped In An Alien World [COMPLETE]
Imagine you were trapped. Not on a deserted island, but lightyears away from Earth on a distant moon. Then you might be Lucas Anderson. It's the year 2037. Mankind has discovered two wormholes into foreign worlds; much to our misfortune. Near the isolated town of Ernstburgh, two college students have just disappeared, likely due to the beings that came through the wormholes. Seeking to escape his depressing day-to-day life, 20-year old Lucas Anderson decides to investigate the disappearances, only to become a victim himself, too. Once he wakes up on a distant moon, he knows he must get back to Earth. On his quest, he meets several aliens and eventually the two college students. Together, they embark on an interstellar adventure of galactic proportions, seeking to understand the truth behind what's going on. [-] New chapters will be released every Sunday, if possible. Occasional bonus content is released on Tuesdays. Credit goes to hridiv for this fantastic cover. Wordcount of about 160,000 words (don't know the exact number).Complete
Shadow Of The Past Trilogy ∞ THE DISPLACED
Three Fates, Two Earths, One Chosen... After a cataclysmic event hurls three women to another Earth, they find themselves separated, stranded thousands of years in the past... in 1979. The same night an unknown object plunges into a lake, something ― or someone ― leads Danny McGahn to a mysterious girl with amnesia. Whether it was Divine Intervention or the Voice of Fate, he soon learns that being a good Samaritan has its consequences, turning his heart and life upside down. Despite the warning signs, Danny finds himself determined to help her, in any way he can, to remember who she is. Meanwhile, Lora believes she is the sole survivor and falls into a life of crime. Haunted by memories of the disaster, she tries to forget who she is. Neither girl is aware of the great lengths Selina goes through to fulfill her mission of selecting The One, and to protect them from the government's Black Ops task force hunting them. The three are aliens on American soil. But are they a threat to National Security or the first signs of a greater threat ― to this Earth? ❝This epic tale not only spans the far reaches of time but burrows deep inside all of us, exposing the love and pain behind the choices that lay out the destiny we share.❞ (@TimothyMarsh) ➖ A self-contained trilogy: 1 ∞ The Displaced ✓ ❝One Disaster ∞ Two Earths ∞ Three Survivors❞ 2 ∞ The Chaos [PG-15] ✓ ❝Three Survivors ∞ Two Huntsmen ∞ One Chosen❞ 3 ∞ The Ascent ✍ ❝One Chosen ∞ Two Missions ∞ Three Fates❞ ➖ **A WP Featured Novel** @FarFlungDreams ❝A true Sci-fi gem. This is some scintillating sci-fi.❞ @Sceritz ❝Great, natural, easy to read narrative voice...Very nice read.❞ @Just_Tassy ❝The overall cohesiveness of the storyline is absolutely fantastic!❞ ➖ PG-13 cursing. Mature from Part 2 (violence & intimacy noted in chapter)
The big city can be a dangerous place for anyone, but for someone new to its dangers, it can be deadly. Recently escaped from the people that created her, Six is on the run, out in the world for the first time in her short life. Stalked by a team of the best trackers on the planet, she knows her odds of escape are slim at best. Yet these men are not her most pressing concern. Not when the planet that she was born into is no longer controlled by humans. When every person on the planet lives under the shadow of a race none can defeat. Where your only option is bow the knee, or die.
More detailsContent Guidelines