Dear reader,
I'm thrilled to announce that my story, Whisper Protocol: Surveyor, is included in Hostile Skies — the 18th anthology from Bayonet Books — and you can pre-order it right now.
Some books arrive at just the right moment. Hostile Skies is one of them. Fourteen authors. One shared universe. And a question that's going to keep you up at night: What happens when the act of being noticed is a death sentence?
When an incomprehensible entity begins "surveying" the solar system — correcting reality itself — Mars Colony learns the horrifying truth: observation is invitation, and variance is a death sentence. On Earth, the remnants of humanity watch as an unknown fleet emerges from Martian space, its drone swarms descending with mechanical indifference. Whether it's scientists racing to go silent before reality folds around them, pilots cheating death in the void, or young cadets facing machines that defy physics, every story circles back to one brutal question: When the stars themselves become the enemy, what price will humanity pay to remain interesting?
My Story: Whisper Protocol: Surveyor
I've held onto this for a while, and I'm incredibly eager to finally share it with you. Whisper Protocol: Surveyor is my contribution to this universe — and it fits right into the terrifying heart of what Hostile Skies is all about. This is hard military sci-fi with real stakes, real dread, and no easy exits.
I'm incredibly proud to share pages with thirteen other talented authors in this collection, including J.R. Handley, David Hensley, Medron Pryde, Larry Hoy, William Alan Webb, Kevin Holochwost, Anna Varlese, Norman Goodman, Nathan Pedde, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Kiera Kearsey, Robert Miller, and Mark E. Moeser. This is the kind of anthology where you start one story and immediately flip to the next because the world keeps pulling you deeper.
If you're a fan of hard military sci-fi, alien invasion thrillers, or desperate-resistance tales where humanity refuses to go quietly — this anthology was made for you.
The invasion has begun. The skies are no longer ours. Pre-order your copy on Amazon today →
Hostile Skies · Bayonet Books Anthology #18 · Releases May 19th