The Long War - Edward Kress

The war is no longer coming. It is here.

In They Come From Below and Above: The Long War, humanity is pushed deeper into a brutal fight for survival as the alien invasion expands into something far larger, darker, and more organized than anyone first believed. The survivors who made it through the first waves now understand the terrifying truth: this is not chaos. It is a campaign. The forces descending from the sky and the monsters rising from beneath the earth are not random horrors-they are part of a growing war that is reshaping the planet one city, one tunnel, and one battlefield at a time.

As the conflict spreads, the people still standing are forced to become more than survivors. They must adapt, organize, and fight in a world where every victory feels temporary and every hard-won safe zone can be erased overnight. The enemy is evolving. Underground structures are changing. New patterns are emerging. And the few human strongholds left are beginning to realize that they are facing an invasion with long-term plans, overwhelming numbers, and no mercy.

In the middle of this collapse, alliances are tested, leaders are pushed to their limits, and ordinary people are asked to carry impossible weight. Every decision now matters more. Every operation risks lives. Every failure opens the door to something worse. The war is not just being fought in burning streets and ruined cities-it is being fought in tunnels, hidden networks, makeshift command centers, and the minds of the people trying to hold everything together as the world falls apart around them.

They Come From Below and Above: The Long War raises the stakes again with larger battles, deeper strategy, darker revelations, and a growing sense that humanity is running out of time. The invasion is no longer just about survival in the moment. It is about whether humanity can endure a long, grinding war against an enemy that attacks from every direction and never stops adapting.

Packed with alien invasion horror, apocalyptic warfare, underground terror, desperate resistance, and nonstop tension, this third book delivers a bigger and more dangerous chapter in the series. The fight has grown. The enemy has grown. And the few people left standing are about to discover just how long and brutal this war is going to be.

The first attacks were only the beginning.

Now the real war begins.