Title: Aidan and the Alien Invasion
Series: Arrival, Book One
Author: Damian Serbu
Publisher: NineStar Press
Release Date: 07/28/2026
Heat Level: 3 – Some Sex
Pairing: Male/Male
Length: 286
Genre: Sci Fi, Sci-Fi, futuristic, new adult, aliens, college, coming of age, geeks, nerds, interspecies, slow burn/UST
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Description
Aliens seize control of Earth, descending without warning, cutting off communication systems and crushing military resistance. Aidan and his friends flee home from Chicago to rural Michigan, but learn the aliens control the entire planet.
Their leaders have dark intentions that Aidan and his friends uncover when they fall in with a revolutionary faction of aliens who desperately seek to save humanity. Human aid to the revolutionaries’ cause is essential but dangerous. As secrets and surprising histories are revealed, Aidan adds to his own chaos when he drifts into an unlikely romance.
As if ADHD and dealing with young adulthood weren’t enough stress, Aidan has to navigate his role in the conflict, as well as embrace his heart’s desire with an unexpected ally.
Aidan and the Alien Invasion
Damian Serbu © 2026
All Rights Reserved
The three sat in silence as they waited for the news to continue. Even Aidan ran out of mundane chatter to divert their attention. His gut clenched when the music chimed to usher in the news with the same baritone voice coming back to them.
“Good afternoon and welcome to the top of the hour.”
“Good afternoon!” Aidan shouted. “Welcome!”
Ellie and Jarvis simultaneously shushed him.
“To recap what we know at this point for those of you who just joined us: Starting mid-morning on the East Coast of the United States, cities began reporting gold-colored spacecraft flying into view and hovering overhead. They moved into position and remain there to this hour, appearing to have flown to every city with a sizable population. No violence has occurred. No attack. And no communication has come from these craft. We do not know their origin, even to the point of being unable to confirm if they came from outer space or perhaps a nation or force here on Earth. The US Air Force has grounded its aircraft for fear of provoking an attack. Reporters had to travel outside Washington, DC, so they could send messages. They confirmed the president is being briefed on the matter and remains safe. She is scheduled to issue a response later this afternoon, but no one knows exactly how because of the one known negative influence coming from this invasion. In the cities with a hovering spaceship, all electronics have stopped working. Cell phones, electricity grids, anything electronic has failed, including most car systems. However, in regions outside of these urban areas, everything continues to function as usual. Which, for full disclosure, has allowed me to broadcast to you. My home base in Detroit, Michigan, has lost communication, but I and several from my team fled the city. We’re keeping our exact location a secret at this time, but we have set up shop in a rural radio station. Many of these older systems are equipped to send out signals from small station to small station to keep the news cycle going, though we know vast numbers of people are unable to hear our report.”
“This can’t be good—” They shut him up again before Aidan could further expand on his reactions.
“Unfortunately, that sums up our knowledge at this hour. We can communicate with other places in remote areas, but they know even less than we do. Larger places under the influence of the UFOs can’t get news out. We’re left with the few people and instances of information trickling out as people flee. We don’t know the aims or demands of these craft, and as I said, we don’t even know their origin.”
“Seriously, we gotta talk.” Aidan glanced at Ellie and then Jarvis to see if they would stop him. “Sounds like he told us everything he knows anyway. Should we chat?”
Ellie reached over and turned down the sound. The newscaster’s deep voice became a murmur in the background as Ellie blew out a breath.
“Sounds like we need to wait before we’ll learn anything else.” Jarvis ran a hand through his hair. “Maybe those things will tell us something. Make a demand. Who knows? We better keep going.”
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Damian Serbu is an author of gay horror/speculative fiction. After over twenty years of teaching history at the collegiate level, he now writes full time. He lives in the Chicagoland area with his husband and two dogs.
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