The aliens who currently administer Earth have a simple proverb: Survival is sanity.
Forcibly conscripted into one of their training programs as a child, nineteen-year-old Sam Locklear grew up on the alien homeworld. He has become one of the aliens’ favorite cadets, through his charisma and hard work, but he isn’t blind to their faults or their harsh treatment of Earth.
Now Sam is 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 his 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 in the next attack, 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.
