Galactic Detective Shilo Zander doesn’t ask for much—just enough credits to cover rent, fuel for his ship, and maybe a decent cup of coffee. But in a universe where trouble brews in every corner of the galaxy, even the smallest cases turn deadly. Blackmail, alien conspiracies, and interplanetary crime syndicates are just the beginning. With each case, Zander finds himself entangled in a web of deceit, betrayal, and danger that not even his sharp instincts can always outwit.
In a galaxy of lies and shadows, Zander’s always one step behind—if he could just catch a break, or is the chaos tougher than he is?
In a future where space exploration has stalled, Olly Turner, a brilliant but disgruntled engineer, orchestrates a daring heist of the Salacia, a state-of-the-art spaceship. Partnering with biotech genius Clara, they plan to reignite humanity's space faring ambitions, even if it means becoming pirates and facing Earth's wrath. Their journey to Jupiter's moons becomes a race against time as they build a new home among the stars while dodging missiles and corporate sabotage.
Kelpies, aliens calling themselves Krestorial's, arrived five years prior to the events that take place in the story Dogwood Final Assault.
These Kelpies began their destructive invasion of earth by first building a complex space station base in orbit of Jupiter. This base stripped Jupiter of its atmosphere and mined the moons for resources. These resources created an endless supply of drones and weapons sent to level Earth's cities.
Before their Jupiter base was completed the Krestorial's began a shock and awe campaign, sending small piloted ships to attack Earth.
A few lucky encounters and determination sent the Earth's defensive response into overdrive. Cheyenne mountain complex was the culmination of reverse engineering and human ingenuity creating a military city complex ran by the invading aliens very technology. The military city ran the length of the Rocky mountains stretching from the remains of Denver Colorado to Yellowstone national park where the alien technology was powered by the super volcano.
*** This short storys was on Kindle Vella but has been placed in limbo for the near future. There's plans for this. I am currently finishing the edits on my fantasy series and will return to the alien invasion universe to rapid release an anthology of short stories followed by book one. This will likely happen in 2026.
Micah Rauch is the talented artist for the above panel. Find him on instagram.