THE FRAGMENTS

THE FRAGMENTS: Peace Is the First Lie
by Dwight Edward Allen

Peace was never real.

It was engineered.

Beneath the quiet surface of the Ohio River in Western Kentucky, something ancient has awakened. Paducah doesn't know it yet - but the water remembers.

Corporate water contracts. Federal coverups. A mayor who smiles too easily. Asian carp flooding the river in numbers no one can explain. And deep below the current, something watching.

When three ordinary people stand on the Brookport Bridge at dusk and witness a glowing fracture in the water, they become part of a truth far larger than politics... far older than humanity.

The aliens aren't invading.

They've already been here.

And they have a sense of humor.

As corporate corruption tightens its grip and federal agencies bury evidence beneath classified briefings, a terrifying discovery emerges:

The Asian carp - the species humans are desperate to eradicate - may be the only thing the aliens fear.

Darkly funny. Sinister. Hysterically uncomfortable.
The Fragments blends small-town realism with high-intelligence extraterrestrial strategy in a story where:

• Corporate "solutions" hide cosmic secrets
• Federal protection means controlled silence
• Aliens are smarter than we are
• And peace... is the first lie we were told

This is science fiction grounded in real rivers, real politics, and the fragile arrogance of humanity.

If you enjoy layered conspiracies, intelligent alien contact, dark humor woven into dread, and stories where the water itself feels alive - this book will pull you under.

And once you see the fracture...

You won't unsee it.