SAGA PRESS + An imprint of Simon & Schuster + 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020 + www.SimonandSchuster.com + This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. + Text copyright © 2015 by Simon & Schuster, Inc. + Jacket illustrations copyright © 2015 by Steve Stone + Icarus Corps logo by Craig Howell + All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. + SAGA PRESS and colophon are trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc. + For information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales at 1-866-506-1949 or business@simonandschuster.com. + The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. For more information or to book an event, contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau at 1-866-248-3049 or visit our website at www.simonspeakers.com. + The text for this book is set in Bembo Infant. + Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data + Brown, Zachary. + The Darkside War / Zachary Brown. — First edition. + pages cm. — (The Icarus Corps ; Book one) + Summary: “For ages, people have looked at the stars and wondered if we were alone in the universe. Now we damn well wish we were . . . There are many aliens out there. They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. You will probably fight besides creatures that will haunt your nightmares long after you leave the service, and they’re the good guys. However, if you want to survive your first encounter with the enemy there are five aliens that you need to learn to spot on sight. Pay attention now and you might live to see your mama again someday. These are the enemies of the Accordance. Our enemies. They are the Conglomeration, and they seek to destroy us. So we will destroy them first. Devlin Hart becomes part of an irregular army for an alien civilization. A reluctant recruit, he’s only here because his parents have been captured by the alien Accordance. Devlin will have to decide where his real allegiances are: because the enemy of the enemy is not always a friend. In this case, they’re a far, far worse threat”— Provided by publisher. + ISBN 978-1-4814-3035-7 (paperback) — ISBN 978-1-4814-3036-4 (ebook) + 1. Human-alien encounters—Fiction. 2. Science fiction. I. Title. + PS3602.R726D37 2015 + 813'.6—dc23 + 2014048849