Monsters on Our Side

An innocent romance: the age-old story of boy meets boy, after getting embroiled in a hostage situation and has to come to terms with accepting people (including himself) for who they are. Hiro is a solidly middle class, mildly privileged, average account.  Sure, he joined God's Holy Invasion fleet to take over some unsuspecting planet, but he's not a soldier or anything, he's just an innocent number cruncher who was only wanted to salvage his relationship with his boyfriend.  However, his dreams of marriage and starting a family are quickly dashed, and he finds himself just trying to ride out this quagmire.  Until the war gets to close to home and he is held hostage -- so desperate for someone to save him that he has to start taking matters into his own hands.  ----Perfect for readers looking for something a little different in a Hard Sci-fi.  This book is part of a ten part collection of stand alone novels about how major world events affect different characters in very different ways.  Looking for something with tastes of the cynicism of grim-dark without the crushing pessimism?  Something that mixes violent escapism with a touch of humor?  Something that might make you think about the life choices of accountants?  Then this is you.  There's no heroes, maybe a few villains, but mostly just people trying to live their lives when the world is falling apart all around them.