Revenge - Mark Tufo

The Pulse-a catastrophic solar event-collapsed modern civilization and plunged Earth into darkness. In the aftermath, the Velt arrived. Ruthless, technologically superior, and utterly relentless, the alien invaders have nearly exterminated the human race.

Now, only a few thousand soldiers remain. A fractured global military alliance is all that stands between Earth and extinction.

As scientists and enhanced "gifted" operatives study the enemy, a discovery emerges that could delay-or possibly change-the outcome of the war. But the window is closing fast.

Australia has become the final battlefield. Already terraformed by the Velt in preparation for colonization, it is where humanity will make its last stand.

Becky, Benny, and Chuck-teenagers orphaned and conscripted at the beginning of the invasion-have survived impossible odds as frontline soldiers. Battle-hardened and dangerous, they are pulled into a classified special operations mission that sends them far beyond enemy lines.

What they uncover changes everything.

The Velt are not the true masters of the war.

A far more powerful alien race is manipulating the conflict from the shadows-and humanity has already been judged expendable.

Outnumbered. Outgunned. Cut off from support.

For most of the squad, this will be their final mission.