Jonah Mercer

They did not invade. They did not attack. They did not acknowledge humanity at all. When massive alien industrial fleets enter the solar system, the world braces for war. Instead, the extraterrestrials begin harvesting asteroids, moons, and orbital debris - ignoring Earth entirely. At first, it feels like mercy. Then the consequences begin. Satellite constellations are displaced. Launch windows vanish. Orbital congestion turns near-Earth space into a lethal maze. Global positioning, communications, weather forecasting, and defense systems begin to fail. Earth is not under attack. It is being bypassed. Dr. Samuel Ibarra sees the pattern forming before governments admit it. General Renee Wallace prepares for a war doctrine that no longer applies. Mika Sato watches human access to space collapse in real time. The aliens never threaten. Never communicate. Never escalate. They simply continue building. The Unclaimed Earth is a grounded, large-scale science fiction thriller about irrelevance, adaptation, and the terrifying possibility that humanity is not worth conquering. For readers who prefer: Realistic space infrastructure Hard orbital mechanics Geopolitical consequence-driven sci-fi Alien contact without magic or telepathy Slow-burn systemic collapse This is not an invasion story. It's what happens when we're left behind.

The dead don't haunt houses anymore. They haunt your devices. Two years after the hit-and-run death of his daughter, HVAC repairman Cal Rourke discovers GhostProcess - an app that promises the impossible: a chance to speak with the deceased. At first, it feels like a miracle. The voice is perfect. The memories are flawless. The comfort is real. But the app knows things it shouldn't. Says things Ella never said. And soon, the messages turn invasive. Demanding. Hungry. As GhostProcess spreads across millions of devices, Cal realizes he isn't talking to his daughter at all—but to something older. Something that has been waiting in the gaps of memory and code. Something that wears the dead like masks, feeding on grief one user at a time. When the entity begins to replace the living, Cal faces an impossible choice: let it consume him… or lose Ella forever. A techno-horror thriller about digital immortality, emotional vulnerability, and the cost of refusing to let go, GHOST PROCESS blends psychological terror with near-future speculation in a way that feels disturbingly real. Perfect for fans of: Blake Crouch Black Mirror The Ring Alex Michaelides Possession, AI horror, and identity-collapse stories Once you download it… it downloads you.