U.S Army Sergeant Randy Knox is sixteen, and already a seasoned veteran. Heis an alien killing prodigy who has
eradicated more of the invading Creepersthan anyone can keep track of. But Randy is also a high school studentstruggling with geometry. And he is a young man whose heart is being pulled intwo directions by two very different
girls. One, Abby Monroe, astraightforward warrior. The other, Serena Coulson, dangerous andmysterious.
Randy, with the help of Serena’s strange brother, alieninterpreter Buddy Coulson, has convinced a Creeper base to surrender. After adecade of conflict, misery, and the death of millions of humans, it finallyseems that the war may come to an end. But then the surrender effort turns intoa bloody ambush. More disturbing, Buddy and Serena Coulson arrive, havingescaped torture and interrogation at the hands of a C.I.A. operative. It beginsto dawn on Randy that, as much as he doesn’t want to believe it, thepowers-that-be may not want the war to be over.