Hostile Contact by Nick Snape

An alien incursion pits a squad of army reserves against the might of alien technology as Military Sci-Fi meets First Contact in this brilliantly pacy and action-packed sci-fi novel.

Insubordinate and on the edge, Finn is an ex-War Hero racked by guilt who has to drag his rag tag squad of rookies through the battlefield.

Only Zuri, the female gunner, and Smith, his dead Corporal now an AI, can keep him on track as together they struggle to keep their trainees alive in the face of overwhelming odds.

As they fight for survival, they discover the aliens are more than they seem, and that alien technology can be just as deadly in the hands of humans as they unearth the Weapons of Choice.