A young man wakes up in a cell, guarded by soldiers from another country. Emerald City has been occupied by a mysterious force called the Coalition, and suspected insurgents are being rounded up.

There is no escape. There are no answers. The young man gives his interrogators everything, hoping to clear up the mistake. He's not a terrorist. He's a supervisor at a power plant. He watched the bombs fall over his city and, instead of running home, he stayed behind to try and keep the power plant running.

The only way out is confession. But what awaits the worker on the other side?

**

From the Author

In 2010, Ken Brosky began a series of novellas that explored the various modern warfare and the consequences of occupation, using a fictional city called Emerald City. The Worker is based on testimony of detainees from numerous prisons around the world. It was also influenced by the war reporting of various journalists who spent time on the ground during the Bosnian War and witnessed firsthand how war can tear apart neighbors and family.

The Worker was a finalist of the Failbetter Magazine Novella contest.

About the Author

Ken Brosky received his MFA in fiction writing from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. To date, he's had more than a dozen short stories published in magazines including Gargoyle, Barcelona Review, Pif Magazine, and Palimpsest Literary Journal.

He also writes a Young Adult series exclusive to the Kindle and teaches college English.

Sometimes, he's paid for his writing. He considers this a great achievement.