The aliens have landed. The humans are panicking. The scouts have been sent.

 J's mission is clear — find an alien outpost, observe, report back. Simple enough. It's what he's trained to do. But he's always worked with his team, never as a party of one. Now he's been sent out alone to blindly navigate a dense, dark forest until he finds his target. The dynamics are foreign to him, the stakes never higher. Resources are scarce. Comms are down. 

And he's found the enemy. 

J is shocked when everyone's true allegiances are revealed. And the consequences of betrayal will be deadly.

A short story set in the bestselling Invasion Universe, "The Scout" by D. L. Cross will have you hungering for more. Pick up your copy today!