The Long Way: S01e04

By E.J. Micah

The battle is won. The raiders are destroyed. And the Covenant's holds are overflowing with prisoners.
Some are human-survivors who need medical care, psychological counseling, and a reason to trust again. Others are Nephilim-biological horrors that eat metal, corrupt minds, and can't be reasoned with. And a few... a few are somewhere in between. The converted. The lost. The ones who look human but serve the hive.
Captain Vance thought the hard part was the fighting. He was wrong.
The Commonwealth wants to study the Nephilim. The crew wants to space them. And the converted prisoners whisper promises of intelligence, cooperation, redemption-if only someone will listen. When the ship's life support starts failing under the load of so many bodies, Vance faces a choice no training prepared him for:
Mercy. Or survival. But not both.
The episode that changes everything. When you discover some enemies can't be saved-and learn the hard difference between mercy and presumption. Theologically-informed military sci-fi at its most challenging.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GYPQZ7LY
• ISBN13: 9798259037502
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"