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Siege: An Alien War. A Fortress Under Siege. A Killer Among Them.
Year 2096. Holed up in a remote military fortress, 20 soldiers and civilian workers are besieged by over 100 alien androids while a serial killer lurks among them.
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.
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.
119 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 13, 2022
About the author
Robert DeSimone Jr.
6 books5 followersRobert DeSimone Jr. is an author and full-time fire inspector. He spends much of his free time building his business as a writer and spending time with his wife and two dogs.
He released his first work, a short story called "Corporal" in 2021. In 2022, he released science fiction/mystery novella Siege, horror short story collection Midnight Knock: A Horror Anthology, and comedy/western novella Mad World: A Comedy.
He released his first work, a short story called "Corporal" in 2021. In 2022, he released science fiction/mystery novella Siege, horror short story collection Midnight Knock: A Horror Anthology, and comedy/western novella Mad World: A Comedy.
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May 31, 2025
If you're looking for a passive read, you came to the wrong place!
It starts off with a bold, one-word title and the bangs just hit harder after that. SPOILER ALERT: don't get too wrapped up in the first character you come across - he's not long for this world! Furthermore, his passing is one of the lighter deaths delivered. This is not a boring book and while the action drives the story, it's smart and justified action to boot.
Unfortunately, after the action, we run into the snags. For the length of the story, we definitely have a large cast and after a while it starts to feel like we have such a listing of characters just so we can keep the main character and still notch a number of deaths along the way.
Then we get into flashbacks while teasing a little romance. SPOILER ALERT: the romance is teased but takes a wrong turn at Albuquerque. I very much like the departure of the mainstream with the MC maintaining his fidelity and instead of becoming lovers, the interest become friends.
Two things weigh this baby down: the aforementioned cast and the non-resolving resolution of action and ambition on behalf of the aliens. They make for incredibly brutal killers (along with the fact that no one kills us like us) but the delivery of their drives and objective was muddy and forced.
Still a great read but not for those with no stomach for blood and disembodied body parts. Here, it is spelled GRAFFIK!
It starts off with a bold, one-word title and the bangs just hit harder after that. SPOILER ALERT: don't get too wrapped up in the first character you come across - he's not long for this world! Furthermore, his passing is one of the lighter deaths delivered. This is not a boring book and while the action drives the story, it's smart and justified action to boot.
Unfortunately, after the action, we run into the snags. For the length of the story, we definitely have a large cast and after a while it starts to feel like we have such a listing of characters just so we can keep the main character and still notch a number of deaths along the way.
Then we get into flashbacks while teasing a little romance. SPOILER ALERT: the romance is teased but takes a wrong turn at Albuquerque. I very much like the departure of the mainstream with the MC maintaining his fidelity and instead of becoming lovers, the interest become friends.
Two things weigh this baby down: the aforementioned cast and the non-resolving resolution of action and ambition on behalf of the aliens. They make for incredibly brutal killers (along with the fact that no one kills us like us) but the delivery of their drives and objective was muddy and forced.
Still a great read but not for those with no stomach for blood and disembodied body parts. Here, it is spelled GRAFFIK!
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