Planet Kill

by James L. Rickard

When alien ships blot out the sky and the world turns to ash, Zoe Chandler doesn’t have time to fall apart. She grabs her kids, one friend, her sidearm, and struggles for life.
In a war where nothing is human anymore, she’ll have to become something more.The rules are simple—some people live, and some people die on Planet Kill.

168 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 15, 2025

About the author

Distantly related to both Wyatt Earp and Butch Cassidy, James L. Rickard lives in the mountains of West Virginia. After studying Journalism and Photography, he worked in customer service while continuing to dabble in both fiction and non-fiction in an effort to find the best fit. After several years of dabbling with paid blogging, ghostwriting, short stories, and novels, he continues to dabble.

Reviews

[Sylvester Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a wild concept! The year 2037 feels believable, and the mystery behind these eyebrow-less invaders kept me turning pages. I couldn’t wait to find out who they really were.