The Whites

An earthquake, a gigantic drill bit, and an impossible choice.

La Serena, the coast of Chile. I am Luis: I live on the seventh floor facing the ocean, with routine as the only border against the world. One morning everything changes: the earth rises, the horizon curves, and, in the middle of the ocean, a mining vessel appears with a drill bit the size of a city. F-16s fail. We are abducted.

Aboard, there are no monsters identical to those in the movies: there are tall, humanoid beings, dressed in white—The Whites—who receive us with a confusing calmness. They show us the desperation that brought them: their world is dying, they need resources, and extraction is a matter of survival for them. Facing the machinery that drills into Earth, humanity must decide: sabotage and die fighting, or negotiate to reduce the damage and pay a terrifying moral price.

The Whites is a science fiction thriller that starts with a dream and becomes a fable about responsibility, guilt, and the fragile ethics of survival. Narrated in the first person, the story offers technical tension—the plausibility of a Kronos Driller and its resonators—and the human drama of decisions that do not erase suffering.

If you are drawn to stories that mix emotional realism with speculative science fiction—invasions that are bureaucracies, salvations that demand sacrifice—this novella will shake you and leave you with questions that do not admit easy answers.