Falling Off #1 (reissue)

If you woke up after ten years, a tentacle monster explains that your life's work has been stolen, and aliens are on their way to Earth, what would you do?

The first installment in JA Laflin's Falling Off series follows the story of Kahren, a scientist whose brilliant technology has been stolen for unknown or possibly nefarious reasons. Things are complicated by the fact that her city is under the control of a clueless dictator, a vicious mercenary is out to get her, everything she's ever known and loved is gone, and a mysterious ship is arriving on Earth to make first contact...