The sky rained alien pods. Cities transformed overnight. Millions died in the change.
Staff Sergeant Maya Okonkwo was there when the meteors struck Seattle. She witnessed the impossible—organic growth consuming the city, rewriting reality itself. But unlike everyone else, Maya survived contact with the alien presence. And it recognized her.
Now humanity faces an impossible choice: treat the transformation as an invasion and fight to extinction, or accept an offer from an ancient consciousness fleeing something far worse. Something that devours civilizations across the galaxy.
Maya has become the bridge between human and alien. But bridging two worlds means belonging to neither. And with only eighteen months until the real enemy—the Harvesters—arrives, she must convince a terrified humanity that evolution isn't extinction. It's survival.
The Dead Grounds are spreading. The countdown has begun. The war for humanity's future starts now.
Perfect for fans of THE EXPANSE, ARRIVAL, and MASS EFFECT, DEAD GROUND is a gripping military science fiction thriller that explores first contact, transformation, and what it truly means to be human when survival demands we become something more.
