From two-time Shamus Award winner Brendan DuBois comes the sequel to Dark Victory A terrifying and original tale of teens who are fighting to save their lives and the future of planet EarthUS Army Sergeant Randy Knox is sixteen and already a seasoned veteran He is an alien killing prodigy who has eradicated more of the invading Creepers than anyone can keep track of But Randy is also a high school student struggling with geometry And he is a young man whose heart is being pulled in two directions by two very different girls One Abby Monroe a straightforward warrior The other Serena Coulson dangerous and mysteriousRandy with the help of Serena’s strange brother alien interpreter Buddy Coulson has convinced a Creeper base to surrender After a decade of conflict misery and the death of millions of humans it finally seems that the war may come to an end But then the surrender effort turns into a bloody ambush More disturbing Buddy and Serena Coulson arrive having escaped torture and interrogation at the hands of a CIA operative It begins to dawn on Randy that as much as he doesn’t want to believe it the powers-that-be may not want the war to be overNow as Randy’s hodge-podge military unit makes a desperate stand at a remote outpost young Sergeant Randy Knox learns just how far he will go to protect those he loves—and what it takes to save humanity from total alien dominationMeet the AuthorBrendan DuBois is the award-winning author of sixteen novels and more than 120 short stories His short stories have twice won him the Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America and have also earned him three Edgar Award nominations He has recently collaborated with New York Times best-selling author James Patterson on several novellas for Patterson&39;s Bookshots Brendan lives in New Hampshire A former Jeopardy! champion he also appeared on—and won—the game show The Chase