The Machines
READING AGE 18+
Twenty years ago, the sky fell. Earth was conquered by "The Machines"—a ruthless race of cybernetic extraterrestrials that harvest humanity, turning survivors into mindless, metal-integrated Thralls. The remnants of the human race now cling to life aboard the Valkyrie, a massive space station hidden in the cold vacuum of orbit.Marcus "Reaper" Wright is a ghost of the old world. A former Black Ops soldier turned elite STAR operative, he is a 200-pound mountain of muscle and tactical brilliance who prefers silence to conversation. Haunted by an ambush that cost him his squad and his fiancée, Marcus has shut the world out, living only for the next mission.But his newest mission is a suicide run.He is tasked with escorting Veronica Marsh, a brilliant, high-energy computer genius with a sassy tongue and a hidden past, back to the surface of a dead planet. She is the only one capable of retrieving top-secret data from a lost facility—data that could finally turn the tide of the war.As they drop into the smoke-choked ruins of Earth, Marcus must protect the girl who represents everything he’s lost. Between towering Sentries, relentless Mechs, and the secrets they both carry, the mission becomes a race against time. If they fail, the Machines won't just win—they’ll find the Valkyrie, and humanity’s last light will go out forever.
Unfold
The cabin was a vault of silence, the only sound the rhythmic, crackling sigh of the dying embers in the hearth. The grey, predawn light filtered through the cracked shutters in dusty diagonal bars, illuminating the motes of dust dancing in the air. Marcus lay on the fur rug, the heavy wool blanket a scratchy but warm weight over his bare skin. ……
Waiting for the first comment……