Undercover Alien by Nathan Gregory
Undercover Alien is the 4th book in a series, but a prequel, not a sequel. We step back in time nearly two decades to meet a “White Hat” cyber warrior in the employ of “The Agency.”
The Earth is unknowingly at war with extraterrestrials. The “Agency” is engaged in an all-out war with cyber hackers but clueless that the enemy hackers are extraterrestrial. Earth has unknowingly become a battleground for interstellar war, as friendly aliens duke it out with aliens bent on destroying humanity.
Earth’s greatest cyber warrior is a nerdy “White Hat” named Rithwick Jahi Pringle, a.k.a. Ritz, who is “on the spectrum.” He has poor people skills with difficulty looking others in the eye, is face-challenged, i.e., mildly face-blind with people he does not know well, and mildly displays classic symptoms of being “on the spectrum.” However, despite his issues, he is very accomplished, talented, and intelligent. His “island of genius” talent is an exceptional memory, especially for cyber details. His neurodiverse characteristics give him an advantage over neurotypicals. He is in denial of the diagnosis, and marks his neurological traits up to his ability to hyper-focus.
Along the way, he meets and mentors a “skinny kid in a hoodie,” who bears a striking similarity to the hero of the other stories.
The tale aims at an audience more mature than the YA genre; Perhaps the appropriate term is “New Adult;” it is far from explicit, but there is some sexual content.
Ritz is irresistibly drawn to the mysterious “Director” of “The Agency,” which he finds confusing and frustrating. Although good-looking and attractive to women, he finds “Love is a fragile butterfly that never lingers, soon tires of his social stumbling and feigned empathy. Although he enjoys brief romances, he’d rather have a friend. Is Director to be either? Or just another warrior, with a smile for armor?”
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Author Bio:
My journey with Science Fiction began early. I came of age during the Space Race, but when, on September 12, 1962, JFK said, “We choose to go to the moon,” I was already en route.
I had launched a rocket to the moon with Rick Brant in John Blaine’s “The Rocket’s Shadow.” I had been to Mars with Heinlein’s “Red Planet” and “Podkayne of Mars,” had been a “Space Cadet,” and trekked across the moon with Kip and the Mother Thing in “Have Space Suit, Will Travel.” Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barzoom Epics with John Carter and the “Princess of Mars” likewise primed my imagination. I hope to live long enough to, like “The Man Who Sold the Moon,” Delos D. Harriman, die on the moon.
Note to Elon: Give me a call, will ya!
By the time “Star Wars” captured the public imagination in 1977, I had already seen it 10,000 times, in books and my imagination. I have aspired to such fantastic and futuristic adventures for as long as I can remember. But, if I can’t live them, I wanted to write them. So, finally, I found the magic combination of time and motivation to begin writing the kinds of stories I love to read.