Cocytus – Planet of the Damned
On the dark, snowy roads of northern New York, Dante Carloman and Tina Phokas's lives take a turn no one could have anticipated. The world around them erupts into a hellish landscape of combat as strange creatures clash with the US Army. Dante and Tina can only watch in horror as the alien force marches forward, laying waste to the soldiers around them.
Kidnapped and taken to a harsh, alien landscape the survivors must do whatever it takes to survive and escape their captors, including making friends with men and women from all over the world who have all been held captive, an artificial intelligence of questionable origin, and clones designed to emulate and destroy the human race.
About John Caligiuri (Rochester, New York Author)
John Caligiuri is a novelist with Insomnia Publishing who has a lifelong passion for literature and pens primarily Science Fiction and Fantasy. He blends his fascination with history and his professional background in software engineering to come up with some unusual story twists. His stories emerged from his curiosity about historical watershed events and asking, “what if”.
John lives in Rochester, New York with his wife Linda. She’s been married to him for over forty years and has supported his writing from the beginning. They have three grown children scattered around the country along with their first grandchild. For relaxation John enjoys gardening (which stretches his intellect attempting to outwit the rabbits and deer) and distance running.
First Place winner of the 2018 LCRW Short Story competition, John has published: “Cocytus: Planet of the Damned” (Science Fiction), “The Red Fist of Rome” and “The Last Roman’s Prayer” (Alternative History), and numerous short stories. He can be contacted at johndcaligiuri@gmail.com . For more information visit his website: http://insomnia-publishing.com/jc/.
