Heroes are strong. Heroes are selfless. Heroes never show fear.

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But Ichiro Okubo never asked to be a hero. He barely asked for anything at all... until meeting his biological father left him with more questions than answers. Drafted into a public war against the Insects of the Greater Hive, Ichiro is forced into a role he didn't choose. As a Neo-Gen Color Unit, the cybernetic Host of Unit Blue, he's expected to fight beside the celebrated Aurelia Lightford and a younger sister he never knew existed, all while leaving behind the life and relationships that once anchored him.

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Seven months into service with Color Squadron S3, Ichiro still can't tell who he's supposed to be, or what he's meant to feel. His past seemingly lost forever, the replacement family assigned to him demands constant performance, constant connection, and constant compliance. Existing in the public eye, his squadron is held up as a symbol of perfection in a war that allows no weakness, every action scrutinized and every failure amplified.

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As the pressure mounts, Ichiro is forced toward a choice he's spent his life avoiding. He can continue performing 'moral goodness' for an audience that demands absolutes, or he can accept the darker self he's been warned he might contain. In Ichiro's world at war, there is no room for contradiction. No room for moral complexity. And no second chances.

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He's a hero... or a monster. Either way, will he ever belong?

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Moral Myiasis, the debut novel by Maxwell DiMarco, is a science-fiction opus of psychology, identity, and moral absolutism that reworks the destructive conventions of science fiction, anime, and those subcultures for the 21st century.

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