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Watching Over Us

By Will McIntosh
Watching Over Us by Will McIntosh digital book - Fable

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A captivating new short story from Hugo Award winner Will McIntosh in the same world as Defenders.

The Luyten came from the stars and quickly overran mankind.

Now, a small remnant of the Army huddle in the dark and work to fight back as best they can. A former fast food manager leading a troop of children. The only people left to defend us.

But rumors have reached them, word of a secret ally, supers soldiers who can turn the tide of the war.

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About Will McIntosh

Will McIntosh is a Hugo award winner and Nebula finalist whose short stories have appeared in Asimov's (where he won the 2010 Reader's Award for short story), Strange Horizons, Interzone, and Science Fiction and Fantasy: Best of the Year, among others. His first novel, Soft Apocalypse, was released in 2011 from Night Shade Books, and his second novel, Hitchers, was released in February, 2012. In 2008 he became the father of twins.

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