Monster Royale — Michael Anderle

When a soldier has survived so many “impossible” missions, the word almost loses its meaning.Until that soldier gets a mission brief so brutal the description makes them hesitate …Bring it. Nothing is going to stop Joe. He has taken on every mission they’ve sent his way to date and come out on top.Having reestablished his cred and made a proper name for himself, Joe has earned some trust from the Vale council, which comes with both perks and downsides.When a known Komran outpost that has recently been upgraded shows signs of staging an invasion, there are only two options: commit to a full-force assault and lose many lives and ships to take the base, or send in a small, elite team to take on an entire base by themselves.The council believes the barbarian has done well so far. Why not risk his team’s necks first and see how it goes before scheduling that assault?Joe and his team must make their way to a planet that has been under Komran control for decades, travel through unforgiving and poorly mapped terrain, and destroy a base filled with hundreds of aliens to prevent a potential invasion at the humans’ back door.For once, Joe feels that what’s being asked of him is more than a challenge. This feels suicidal …