The call came from a man he knew only as Maddox. Jon Reznick was sitting on his freezing deck as darkness fell over Maine, nursing a bottle of beer, staring out over the ocean. He let his cell phone ring a few times, knowing what lay ahead.


“The march took Addy past her old apartment building, the place where she had lived with Marco for two years. The top few stories had fallen, including their apartment. Marauder webs coated the rest, and the aliens were scuttling across them. It had been a difficult two years, living in that cage, watching Marco spiral into the depression and madness of shell shock. But Addy missed those days now.”
― Earth Shadows
― Earth Shadows

“They're not spiders," Addy said. "Spiders have eight legs. These ones have six. They're more like insects, and—oh fuck me, I sound like Poet now." "Is Marco here?" Grant said. Addy shook her head. "We were fighting the marauders outside the city. We had a ship. The fuckers got me. I think Poet got away.”
― Earth Shadows
― Earth Shadows
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