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by Aaron Ryan (Author)
For sixteen years now, we've never forgotten the number one rule: one look into their eyes, and it's all over.
By 2042, Earth is a broken maze of fortified blockades and silent streets, haunted by gorgons whose paralyzing gaze turns survivors into lasting monuments to fear. Sergeant Cameron "Jet" Shipley, and his little brother Wyatt "Rutty" Shipley, have already buried family, brothers-in-arms, and their faith in anything but the next breath. When a flicker of thermal life pierces the dead zones, Jet leads his squad into the ruins - and into a secret that should have saved them years ago. A new recruit carries proof of a hidden weapon, a shard of alien-wrought power that could cut through the gorgons' reign. But every answer invites a darker question: who buried humanity's best hope, and why?
As whispers of conspiracy coil through the ranks, Jet must choose between orders and the truth, between vengeance and vision. Trust fractures. Loyalties snap. The enemy outside is lethal, but the threat within may be fatal. With each step through ash and shadow, Jet is forced to decide what kind of soldier he is, and what kind of world is worth risking his soul to rebuild. If he can unite a ragged found family of fighters, hackers, and skeptics around a weapon born of alien terror and human resolve, there's a chance to shatter the gaze that holds the planet in its grip. If not, the last spark of hope will blink out in the dark.
Dissonance Volume I: Reality launches a relentless, cinematic saga of post-apocalyptic survival where military grit collides with alien horror, and every heartbeat could be your last. Fans of pulse-pounding tactics, high-stakes secrets, and the fragile bonds that make us human will tear through this opening salvo-then look over their shoulder.
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Fans of Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Michael Crichton, and Pierce Brown will devour this gripping blend of invasion dread, razor-edged action, and razor-wire conspiracy. Pick up your copy of a gripping post-apocalyptic novel with alien predators that plunges readers into the urgency of survival after invasion, where military sci fi and alien artifacts shape the fate of humanity. With a screen adaptation complete and pitching to streaming networks underway, now is the perfect time to order your copy of this science fiction alien invasion series opener. Dissonance Volume I: Reality has it all: post-apocalyptic survival, military conspiracy, found family and horror all wrapped into one!
