{"product_id":"unknown-hostile-daniel-l-smith-9798191393704","title":"Unknown Hostile","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSomething is inside the facility. And it already knows their names.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen an isolated military research station suddenly goes dark, a reconnaissance team is sent into the mountains to determine what happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey expect equipment failure. An attack. Maybe even a cover-up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey do not expect the silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe station has been abandoned in the middle of ordinary life. Meals left unfinished. Doors hanging open. Blood where bodies should be. Security footage corrupted beyond recognition. And warnings left behind by people who apparently knew exactly what was coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the team begins hearing voices over dead radio frequencies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVoices they recognize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVoices belonging to people who should not be there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething is moving through the surrounding wilderness, and every hour it gets closer. It watches from beyond the floodlights. It mimics human speech. It learns behavior. It remembers things no stranger should know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon, no one can be certain who entered the facility with them and who only looks like they did.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStaff Sergeant Ronan Mercer knows fear can destroy a unit faster than any enemy, but discipline means nothing when the enemy can wear the face of the man standing beside you. As his team begins disappearing one by one, Ronan is forced to rely on Sergeant Tavian Cross, the combat medic he has spent years trying not to want.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir feelings may be real.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe thing hunting them has learned how to fake those too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCut off from extraction and surrounded by something they cannot identify, the survivors are left with one rule: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrust no voice.\u003cbr\u003eTrust no face.\u003cbr\u003eAnd never open the door just because the person outside knows your name.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnknown Hostile\u003c\/i\u003e is a military survival horror novel with psychological terror, isolation, body horror, paranoia, creature horror, graphic violence, and a dark M\/M romantic subplot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel L. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798191393704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.34d","brand":"Daniel L. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50847385092351,"sku":"9798191393704","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unknown-hostile-daniel-l-smith-9798191393704","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}