The Colony

Lieutenant Jack Strong leads his team of elite marines to a distress beacon in the far reaches of colonization. Expecting faulty equipment, they instead find themselves in the first stages of war against a species similar to mythical demons.

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The Colony is a fantastic short story of military warfare and science fiction, with an ending that will leave you questioning everything.

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