Forging Zero by Sara King

First Contact sucked. Now they own us.

Earth has been conquered by a massive galactic empire, and its war machine needs soldiers. To make it out alive, Joe Dobbs must survive an apathetic bureaucracy that sees humans as little more than spare rations. Meat with guns. Or, if they’re really unlucky, slaves.

The oldest of the children drafted from humanity’s devastated planet, Joe unwittingly becomes the centerpiece in a millennia-long alien struggle for independence. Once his training begins, one of the elusive and prophetic Trith gives Joe a spine chilling prophecy that the universe has been anticipating for millions of years: Joe will be the one to finally shatter the vast alien government known as Congress. And the Trith cannot lie…

But first Joe has to make it through boot camp.

Category: Science Fiction – First Contact