Reapers
3 total works
They have escaped from alien captivity. If only that meant they were safe.
Back on the streets of what they used to call home, Travis and his friends have to face the abandoned world the Scytharene have left behind. As they struggle to put their lives and relationships back together, they find they are not the only ones to have escaped the alien slave harvest. The promise of more survivors brings both a new hope - and new dangers.
As they get ready for the final battle against the invaders, the truth becomes clear: the hardest work of today is planting the seeds of tomorrow . . .
The Sickness that ravaged the world is complete and only the children are left.
Having failed to resist the Scytharene alien attack, Travis and his friends are beamed on board spaceships, along with many other children - to become slaves. Just when it seems that there is no hope, help arrives from two unexpected sources: Darion, one of the Scytharene, who despises the destructiveness of his race. And a group of scientists, the last remaining adults, who have been hiding underground and have access to some serious weapons.
A mission like this will involve great sacrifice but will it be enough to end the terror of the Scytharene?
They call it the Sickness. Nobody knows what causes it or where it comes from. Nobody knows why it only seems to affect the adult population. But everyone knows that if you catch it and you're over 18, you die.
All around the world, teenagers like Travis, Richie, Mel, Jessica and Simon, find themselves thrown together and forced to cooperate. But a world without rules is not the utopia many survivors thought it would be. Everything, now, is deadly serious. Those who can't adjust to their new situation find themselves going the same way as the adults. Factions form quickly. Some want to take what they need through strength of arms, but others - the most organised - want to try to rebuild the world their parents left behind. Restoring society will be hard, but not impossible. After all, they reason, the worst is over.
But they're wrong. It's only just begun. . .