For centuries, Humanity expanded into the galaxy unchallenged. Then came the Swarm. They destroyed our colonies, ravaged our fleet, and decimated Earth cities. They stole our sense of sovereignty. It wasn't all they took. There were thirty-six of us to start, misfits all. This is the story of our abduction, our fight to survive despite impossible odds, and the emergence of an unlikely hero who would one day lead us all home... moreFor centuries, Humanity expanded into the galaxy unchallenged. Then came the Swarm. They destroyed our colonies, ravaged our fleet, and decimated Earth cities. They stole our sense of sovereignty. It wasn't all they took. There were thirty-six of us to start, misfits all. This is the story of our abduction, our fight to survive despite impossible odds, and the emergence of an unlikely hero who would one day lead us all home. Part "Lord of the Flies," part "Ender's Game," "Ascendance" journals the taking of a group of young social outcasts, including a troubled teenager on the brink of manhood, by a mysterious alien race during the First Swarm War. It is the inaugural title in "The Interstellar Life of Pigeon," a planned trilogy based on the world of Nick Webb's popular space opera, "Legacy Fleet." Book One: Ascendance: It's the height of summer in the year 2575, when the attack commences in the outer reaches of the solar system. The massive battleships of the Integrated Defense Force with their fleets of swift and agile fighters are immediately on the defensive, struggling to protect Humanity's home against the invaders. But there is little they can do in the face of such superior firepower. The aliens make quick work of the IDF shield. They soon reach Earth. And cities begin to fall. Stranded in the Utah high country are a hundred young participants of a government-mandated youth leadership camp. The interspecies war brings terror to their lives, raining death and destruction upon them, sundering their world and shattering all hope of rescue. Abandoned and isolated, physically and psychologically traumatized, the remaining survivors must put aside past animosities and band together to survive the attack and hopefully make it back home again... if there is even a home to go to. But first, they must make it through the night. And there is every indication their nightmare has only just begun. less
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