Publisher's Synopsis
In this standalone prequel to THE BREEDER CYCLE...
If you have to go through the Apocalypse with someone, it might as well be with the girl you love, even if she doesn't love you back. When an alien invasion rains devastation on a sleepy town in Virginia-annihilating everything-it quickly becomes clear the invasion is a global catastrophe. High school senior Daniel Cohen and his friends Emma and Crispin flee to the mountains to find an old hunting cabin where they hope they'll be safe. To survive, Daniel falls back on wilderness training his abusive father once drilled into him, and his skills become especially vital when Crispin is captured, leaving Daniel and Emma to carry on alone. But when they arrive at the hunting cabin, they find no refuge from the horrors of the alien invasion, as the presence of an old enemy reawakens the nightmares of Daniel's adolescent years. Faced with the many challenges of the apocalyptic hellscape and the Virginia wilderness-as well as his own inner demons-Daniel isn't certain which threat is the most dangerous one at play. His and Emma's survival will hinge on determining who is hunter and who is prey and who can be trusted in the tenuous post-invasion world.
