Signal
From Beyond • Book 2
by Jasper T. Scott, Nathan Hystad
Why You'll Love This
An alien invasion where the real threat isn't the ships in the sky — it's the infection already spreading through the people around you.
- Great if you want: fast sci-fi with paranoia, survival stakes, and a global scope
- The experience: propulsive and tense — multiple POVs keep the pressure building
- The writing: Scott and Hystad keep chapters tight and momentum relentless throughout
- Skip if: you haven't read book one — context here is essential
About This Book
The threat has followed David Bryce home. In this second installment of the From Beyond series, Scott and Hystad bring the alien invasion to Earth itself — not with a dramatic assault, but with something quieter and more unsettling: an infection that spreads person to person, making every familiar face a potential enemy. With multiple characters scattered across Alaska, the Amazon, and points between, all racing toward the same hidden objective, the stakes feel genuinely planetary without ever losing sight of the human beings caught inside the chaos.
What distinguishes Signal as a reading experience is how confidently it manages its moving parts. Scott and Hystad split the narrative across several perspectives without losing momentum, and the pacing never lets a chapter overstay its welcome. The prose is lean and purposeful, keeping the tension high while still carving out room for character — the relationships feel earned rather than functional. Readers who finished the first book will find the world expanded in satisfying ways, and those coming in fresh will find enough grounding to keep up. It's the kind of sci-fi thriller that moves fast but leaves an impression.
