Don't miss the newest story from the Alien Cadets! Aaron Cancik, a Los Angeles fireman, has been doggedly fighting the chaos threatening to destroy his city for weeks. A terrorist attack in Europe triggered a cascading series of natural disasters, and the whole world is suffering. When aliens arrive, willing to help and claiming altruism, Aaron is as suspicious as the rest of the world. Like most, he swears he'll get the truth out of them, if he ever gets a chance to meet one. But unlike most, he'll have his chance. In one crazy day of surprises, earthquakes, and unexpected connections, Aaron has the chance to get answers, and possibly change the aliens' agenda. Alien Cadets Reading Order • Manipulate • Captivate • Eradicate Evaluate (novella)

SURVIVAL IS SANITY. Forcibly conscripted into an alien training program as a child, nineteen-year-old Sam Locklear grew up on an alien planet. Smart and charismatic, he has become one of the aliens' favorite cadets, but though Sam's come to be friends with his mentors, he isn't blind to their faults or their harsh treatment of Earth. Now he's on his way back to Earth to work in their Los Angeles headquarters, and to find the line between being used... and using them. When Sam's homecoming speech sets off a string of violence, he realizes he choices carry more weight than he realized. First there's a hate message scrawled in blood, then a drive-by attack, and a riot that ends in fire. When Sam's girlfriend, Nat, disappears, he'll dare anything to get to the bottom of the craziness. From the streets of Los Angeles to a treacherous space station, Sam must uncover the real reason for the cadet program and the true meaning of loyalty to his friends, and his species...

Survival is sanity, or so the aliens say, but sixteen-year old Akemi has survived in such an unorthodox fashion that even her sister fears for her sanity. As part of an alien computer system, installed in a space station orbiting Earth, Akemi is both uniquely powerful and uniquely isolated. When the space station explodes in the night sky, sabotaged by unknown enemies, Akemi survives yet again, but this time suspicion for the catastrophe falls upon her. Determined to discover who is truly responsible for the attack, Akemi and her sister set out to track the other suspects to a foreign world far from Earth. Accompanied by capable Sam and irrepressible assassin Shara, they find themselves drawn into a political game with one of the most powerful aliens in the galaxy. With the perilous feeling that they are playing right into his hands, Akemi and her friends must uncover the truth about the sabotage without jeopardizing humanity’s fragile new status. Or exposing Akemi’s fragile existence.

In the thrilling conclusion to the Alien Cadet series, the girl-turned-computer Akemi is trapped at Faal's secure planetary estate, helpless to escape no matter what he may require of her. Faal is preoccupied with his plan to implement a sanctioned genocide, but he still finds time to torment Akemi. Akemi's sister, Nat, along with Claire, Basher, and Sam, are each determined to rescue Akemi, and if possible, to halt the extermination. But to defeat Faal, they must find allies among his other enemies, who are at least as dangerous as he is. While Sam and Nat lure Faal to an ancient palace with these dubious helpers, Basher and Claire plan to infiltrate his estate to retrieve Akemi. But there are few game players as accomplished as Faal, and he always seems one step ahead... to win against him, sacrifices must be made.