Title: Siege
Release Date: Amazon Kindle Vella – 3/25/22
Type: Novella
Genre: Science Fiction/Mystery
Synopsis: Year 2096. Earth is at war with a reptile-like alien race known as Architects who have invaded the planet alongside their android armies. Rain Tessio and his brother Jax are drafted into the war and assigned to an isolated military supply depot called The Krag. Their sleepy assignment soon turns into a full-scale conflict when a small Architect army surrounds The Krag. To make matters worse, when one member of the unit is mysteriously killed, they discover that the killer is one of their own.
Unit 27 Romeo/Human Characters:
POV Characters:
Rain Tessio: The moralistic leader of the army reserves and a former LVN.
Sofia Del Carmen: A Spanish electrical engineer and linguist who is incredibly frustrated for being drafted into the war. A specialist.
Jonz “Mustard” Desmond: A towering member of the army reserves and the unit’s cook.
Kry Desmond: Mustard’s anxious younger brother and a logistics aide. Part of Logistics.
Paul Binder: An unpleasant logistics aide and the first person to encounter Alpha. Part of Logistics.
Specialists:
Rivers: A nurse practitioner and the head of all the civilian workers.
Valentine: The unit’s amiable surveyor and a former clinical psychologist.
Sykes: The unit’s unsympathetic armorer and sniper.
Jimson Remley: The unit’s IT specialist with an interest in video and holo games.
Army Reserves:
Lucius: Rain’s sarcastic second-in-command.
Jax: Rain’s younger brother who was separated from Rain throughout much of their childhood.
Knox: A former hairdresser and easy going member of the army reserves.
Match: A former butcher who doesn’t agree with the draft.
Logistics:
Ronald Pierce: The stoic leader of Logistics and a Nak Muay.
Vasca Osman: A religious laborer.
Clay: An easy-going laborer from Louisiana.
Army Regulars:
Staff Sergeant Thomas “Smasher” Asher: The tough, unhinged commander of 27 Romeo.
Sergeant Green: Asher’s second-in-command and the unit’s Special Forces resource.
Corporal Trout: A knowledgeable soldier assigned as an electrical engineer, alongside Sofia.
Private Kellog: A stout, brutish soldier.
Corporal Laura McCarthy: One of the unit’s linguists.
The Architects/Alien Characters
POV Characters:
The engineer: A small, intelligent, and misshapen Architect who is the commander of the army besieging The Krag.
Architect Army:
The leviathan: The engineer’s large, brutish, and simple Architect brother.
Alpha: The violent and efficient leader of the Infiltrators, androids who make up the bulk of the Architects’ army.
Miscellaneous Characters
Red Twins: ?
The Infant: ?
Annabelle: Rain’s girlfriend.
Master Sergeant Teague: A soldier in the U.R.A. Army.
Baxter: Annabelle’s pet beagle.
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Cover Art:
Design 1 – Alpha: Olga Urbanowska
Design 2 – Red Twins: Magdoo/Magdoo Design