
It becomes impossible to see the individuals around him as the cohesive, carbon-copy-collection he has been fighting against. Held hostage where humans are the apex species, his perspective shifts. Donovan is confident and unquestioning in his fight against human rebels until a raid to goes wrong. Having survived the Hardening process that transforms a zhree-approved human child into an exo, the only son of the Prime Liaison appears as a firmly committed SecPac soldier. The remaining eighty-five percent faded into shadows of themselves or morphed into fierce, determined resistance fighters.

Coexistence applies to the fifteen percent of mankind approved to exist among the zhree.


Tension between the Global Security & Pacification Forces (SecPac) and humans is palpable the humans’ hatred, disgust and raw fury with the zhree is tangible, yet they plan to celebrate a century of coexistence. Peace Day may be quickly approaching, but a battle is about to go down while something more sinister, bigger, bubbles beneath. Because if Sapience kills him, it could spark another intergalactic war. Left in the hands of terrorists who have more uses for him dead than alive, the fate of Earth rests on Donovan’s survival. But the Prime Liaison doesn’t negotiate with terrorists, not even for his own son. When Sapience realizes whose son Donovan is, they think they’ve found the ultimate bargaining chip. That is, until a routine patrol goes awry and Donovan’s abducted by the human revolutionary group Sapience, determined to end alien control. His dad holds the prestigious position of Prime Liaison in the collaborationist government, and Donovan’s high social standing along with his exocel (a remarkable alien technology fused to his body) guarantee him a bright future in the security forces. Some die-hard extremists still oppose alien rule on Earth, but Donovan Reyes isn’t one of them.

It’s been a century of peace since Earth became a colony of an alien race with far reaches into the galaxy.
