First published 2016
Chance Rain watches his peaceful town transform into chaos in a single night. Adults turn savage, hunting anyone under eighteen with inhuman ferocity. A parasite controls them, striking when people reach their eighteenth birthday. Chance and his older brother Patrick fight their way to the local school, where other young survivors hide from the monsters who were once their parents, teachers, and neighbors. Most kids they knew have already been taken. Patrick's eighteenth birthday approaches in just days. The brothers know the parasite will claim him too unless they act. They leave the safety of the school to hunt for answers about these alien invaders. What they discover about the parasites terrifies them more than the infected adults stalking the streets. With time running out and humanity depending on them, Chance must find a way to save his brother and stop an enemy from another world.
Genres: adventure, action, aliens, apocalyptic
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, race-against-time
Setting: Local School
Period: Present Day
Audio CD · Brilliance Audio
Content warnings: violence