We were trying to liberate maybe a hundred kidnapped kids from a New Order testing facility. But our intelligence must have been off. Instead of victimized kids, the building held a platoon of New Order soldiers. They were waiting for us.
“Actually, it’s lucky
Whit grabs a gray hat off a passing businessman and plunks it down on my head.
“Tuck your hair in, quick,” he says.
I’m doing just that when a policeman spots me. He’s a couple of dozen yards away.
Now he’s grabbing for the whistle at the end of a cord around his neck… and he’ll soon have the attention of every soldier in the plaza. Not to mention that of The One, whom I
But then a small black figure leaps up and knocks the policeman down flat on his rear.
Whit and I exchange looks of surprise. He says, “Did you just—?”
But before Whit can finish, the black figure—an old woman—is at our side. She presses into my hand a crumpled, gritty piece of paper. “Take it, take it!”
I swear she’s the weirdest-looking creature I’ve ever seen in my life, and yet I
“Who are—?”
She cuts me off. “Follow this. Go! I’m a friend. Run. Run. Don’t stop for a single breath, or it’s over. For all of us.
Somehow she gets behind us, and then she delivers a kick to both of our butts. That sends us staggering into the surging crowd.
I immediately turn back… but there’s no sign of her.
“You heard her,” says Whit. “Go! Now! Go!”
Table of Contents
Front Cover Image
Welcome
Dedication
A Preview of
To the reader
Book One: The Sky is Falling
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
