Milijun
by
Clayton Graham
Genre:
Science Fiction
The
next phase of human evolution depends entirely on her…
Laura
is willing to do whatever it takes for her son. When aliens kidnap
Jason, it's going to take a lot more than a mother's love to get him
back. After infiltrating a military research base, Laura discovers a
terrifying secret: their
plans to impregnate women with alien DNA.
Laura
battles to save Jason, the mothers-to-be, and herself. But she
quickly realizes the aliens have their own mission for her, too. Soon
she faces a choice, take a chance at an impossible escape
or accept the aliens' vision of a new humanity.
Milijun
is the first installment of an
action-packed sci-fi
alien invasion story. If you like tales of first contact, secret
military operations, and the people caught in the middle, then you'll
love Clayton Graham's fast-paced sci-fi thrill ride.
Buy
Milijun to discover the future of evolution.
"Captured
my interest from the very beginning, and never once let go."
Jenna – Indie Book Reviewers
"If you love the genre,
read this gem." Julius Zon – Self Publishing Review
"This
is a must-read for science fiction fans who appreciate a hard
scientific foundation, in the tradition of Asimov, Niven, or
Heinlein." Patrick Dent
"Million?
5 stars are all Amazon permit!" Sarah Stuart
The road ribbon system took them directly to the front of the
Caiguna police station, seaward of the Eyre Highway along dusty, unkempt side
streets. Mother and son
dismounted as one and strode resolutely up the path and through darkened glass
doors. They found themselves in a featureless foyer where a single three-metre
plant was placed strategically in the middle of a brown synthetic marble floor.
A long black desk stood at the far end but there was no sign of any other exit
door or, for that matter, any other person. The walls were sky blue, the
ceiling white, and the effect austere.
Laura approached the desk
and saw a white button labelled Press for immediate attention. She did
as requested. A flat screen rose from the desktop and the face of Janice
Mepunga stared out at them. An aura of total distrust immediately gripped Laura’s
mind, reinforced by unwelcome apprehension, but the image on the screen flashed
a convivial smile and said, “Oh hello you two. I’ve been expecting you. Just
one moment.”
To the right of the
desk, a mechanism hummed and a well-disguised door opened within the blue wall
to reveal a brightly lit office beyond.
“Come through. Come
through,” Janice Mepunga called.
Jason seized his
mother’s hand and looked at her questioningly. There was a strange fear in his
ashen face, and his eyes mirrored the foreboding that Laura felt within her own
heart.
“It’ll be fine,”
Laura said quietly and gently guided him through into the inner office.
Janice instantly took
the wind out of Laura’s sails by saying, “Look. I’m sorry about yesterday. An
emergency came up. I had to leave. Sorry about leaving you with Robert, too –
it was unavoidable. He tried to kill me. I knew Jason was around.” Her smile
grew broader. “I knew you would find him.”
Shaking her head,
Laura said sharply, “Maybe you did, but in what condition? It was absolutely
unforgivable what you did.” She threw a challenging look at the policewoman.
“And Robert wasn’t dead when I found him.”
Janice’s face
hardened and Jason noticed she slowly worked her hand down to her pistol. “It
was unavoidable,” the policewoman repeated.
“Are there any other
officers here?” Laura asked.
Janice shook her
head. “My partner went to Perth this morning. It’s normally pretty quiet around
here, you understand, and there’s plenty of air backup from Kalgoorlie.” She
cast a meaningful glance at her visitors before adding, “Should we require it.”
“What about a
statement?” Laura asked. “Don’t you want one?”
“I certainly do,”
Janice said, pointing to a terminal in the corner of her office. “Be my guest.”
She was all sweetness and roses again, in control of the situation.
While his mother
typed, Jason waited his turn. He was nervous, upset about Bradley Robert and
about the loss of his photographs. His eyes hardly left Janice Mepunga, unsure
in his own heart whether the alien creature was harboured inside her or whether
it had moved to fresh pastures. On the drive to the station his mother had told
him of Robert’s dying words, and he had felt sick. He desperately wanted to
know the truth but was afraid of another confrontation. And worst of all, there
was no proof of anything.
“How did the ranger
threaten you?” Jason asked abruptly causing his mother to pause her statement
mid-sentence.
Mepunga glanced up,
her face like stone. “He just did, and that’s enough these days.” She gestured
to Jason to sit down on the chair across the desk. “Let’s compile your
statement together while your mother finishes hers.” She initiated a recorder
and leant back in her chair.
Jason shot a fleeting
look at his mother and received a warning glance in return, accompanied by a
small shake of the head.
“How did you get to
Robert’s house?” Janice asked.
“I was on the
computer in the camp tourist centre,” Jason replied. “He knocked me out and I
awoke in a bedroom.”
Despite the recorder,
Janice typed as she said, “And then what happened?”
“He made me something
to eat, just eggs and toast. Then he made me shower and took me into the
basement.”
“What about his sister from
next door? Did you see her at all?”
“No,” Jason said.
“There was nobody else.”
Janice raised her eyebrows.
“Did you try to escape?”
With a shake of his
head, Jason said, “He was always in my face, and twice my size.”
“Even in the shower?”
Jason averted his
eyes. “More or less.”
“He was naked when I
found him,” Laura interjected. “In the basement.”
The policewoman
looked hard at Jason. “Did he touch you? Molest you in any way?”
Jason bit his lip.
“No, he didn’t.”
Laura stood up. “I’ve
finished. It’s fairly short but to the point.”
Janice walked over
and glanced down at the screen. “Not exactly flattering behaviour on my part,”
she said, pursing her lips. “My statement will give my story.”
Laura
shrugged. “I’d still like to see—”
Jason interrupted
her. “Can we go now, Mum? I need some air.”
Laura saw he looked
pale and distressed. “I’m sorry,” she said to Janice. “Is that all for now?”
“Sure. We have your
vehicle tag. Stick around the district though.” She printed both statements and
laid them on the desk. “Just sign these for now.”
After they had signed
Laura turned to leave but paused at the door. “What happened to the body?”
“It’s been taken care
of,” Janice replied. “Thanks for coming in.” It was the final dismissal. Laura
and Jason left without further discourse. They moved through the stark foyer
and once outside paused to breathe the fresh southern air, which was rapidly
warming as the sun rose higher in the sky.
“No alien for the
lady,” Laura said. “Thank God you didn’t say anything about that.”
“Not
to her,” Jason said, looking at his mother fearfully. “I think it’s still with
her.”
***
In
her office, Janice read the statements again and put them through the shredder.
She stood, swayed slightly, and pushed a floor panel with her foot to release
the door into an adjacent room. Moving through, she closed the door behind her
and stared at the uniformed body of her colleague. He was slumped face down on
the desk, head resting in a pool of coagulated blood.
Suddenly, the winged
alien was outside her, standing two metres away, observing with its head on one
side. She sensed an instantaneous chill invade her body as the creature emerged
but, once free of it, Janice felt warmer and strangely fearless. No words or other communication passed but
Janice felt its mind boring into hers, trying to understand her emotions. At
least she thought she did. She didn’t really want to see it anymore, was not
interested in it at all, and wished it was light-years away.
“I’m sorry, Daniel,”
she said to the motionless body of her partner. “I’m so sorry. I really could
not help it.”
A tangle of
meaningless images ran through her mind, and she turned to face her symbiotic
disciple from another world. Something passed between them, intangible and
outside her scope of logical thought. She asked the question anyway.
“What do you want
from me? What do you want from us?”
A group of miners are mining on the moon when they discover
a cave full of alien life forms. They take a sample back to their ship and
before they know it the alien has escaped their capture and killed everyone on
board except for one lone survivor, Simon Cordell who escapes and returns to
Earth but so does the alien.
On Earth a woman Laura and her son Jason are on vacation in
Australia when they encounter the aliens while driving to the Cocklebiddy
campsite and Jason becomes the First Seen by the aliens. After evading the
aliens Laura and Jason head to the town of Milijun where they discover an
underground compound where they seek shelter and protection. But they soon
learn that there is more to the compound than meets the eye and is not sure if
the people there can be trusted.
They discover that women are being impregnated with a hybrid
DNA. They also discover that the aliens can also inhabit the human body and
take control. Laura now finds herself in a battle against the aliens to save
her son and the women who have been impregnated with the hybrid embryos. The
aliens have no clue who or what they are up against when it comes to a mother
fighting for her baby.
I really enjoyed reading Milijun and following along with
Laura and Jason wondering what the aliens were going to do next or where they
were going to take us. Milijun grabbed me from the beginning and didn’t let go
until the very end. It was as if a movie was playing out in my head and I kept
thinking that I would like to see this one on the big screen. You know to see
the aliens and their spaceship or home as well as the choppa a new version of a
helicopter you might say. I can’t wait
for the second wave as they say. Milijun reminded me of that TV show V The
Original Series in 1983 starring Robert Englund.
If you like alien movies or science fiction novels then you
are going to fall in love with Milijun.
As
a youngster growing up in the cobbled streets of Stockport, UK,
Clayton Graham read a lot of Science Fiction. He loved the ‘old
school’ masters such as HG Wells, Jules Verne, Isaac Asimov and
John Wyndham. As he left those formative years behind, he penned
short stories when he could find a rare quiet moment amidst life’s
usual distractions.
He
settled in Victoria, Australia, in 1982. A retired aerospace engineer
who worked in structural design and research, Clayton has always had
an interest in Science Fiction and where it places humankind within a
universe we are only just starting to understand.
Clayton
loves animals, including well behaved pets, and all the natural
world, and is a member of Australian Geographic.
Combining
future science with the paranormal is his passion. Milijun is his
first novel. Second novel, Saving Paludis, will be published early
2018. They are light years from each other, but share the future
adventures of mankind in an expansive universe as a common theme.
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