Smoke

by Heather Koelker

An alien race called the Exoveno wages war on Earth. Willow Locke barely makes it out of Texas alive, while most were not so fortunate. Three years later, in the Wasatch mountains of Utah, Willow lives in relative safety in a militant community called the Libertarians, led by General Shay Browning. Then one day, during a routine perimeter check, Willow gets a first hand look at the violence she’s been able to escape until now. A fighter to her core, Willow learns to trust herself over all others and turns into the badass everyone knew she could be.

Across the country, Huck Peters and his best friend, Jonah, navigate the streets of Boston, scavenging for food, and avoiding all other lifeforms, including humans. Broken and desperate, Huck longs for a place to belong and a leader to believe in. When he meets Scott Li, leader of The Smoke, he knows he’s found what he’s been looking for. Armed with the new knowledge of weapons and combat, this former high school football star transforms into the binding force that holds everything together even as his world falls apart.

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