The Coldsuit by Andy Wright

SPSFC

The war is nearly over, but alien-bred human Ry still must decide: species or family?Ry’s childhood was a lie. They told him that the humans had always worked for the lazuli, and in return, were protected from the horrors beyond the city of Lancer. In reality, all the city’s shield guarded was the truth – the lazuli are aliens. For twenty years, they have been locked in a war with the humans, a war that has almost wiped out both species. When Ry learns the truth, he escapes his old home and leaves everything he has ever known behind. Now, six years later, the war is coming to a head, and he is forced to face his past, including the alien family who raised and cared for him – the family he still loves - when the human forces turn towards the last source of alien strength: the city of Lancer. Ry is going home.