Henry Carter Hull

The first book in a pulse-pounding new series that's set in the world of the #1 New York Time s bestselling I Am Number Four series. The war may be over -- but for the next generation, the battle has just begun! It has been over a year since the invasion of Earth was thwarted in Pittacus Lore's United as One . But in order to win, our alien allies known as the Garde unleashed their Loric energy that spread throughout the globe. Now human teenagers...

After receiving a distress call from a drill team on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is sent into deep space to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission. When they arrive, they find the planet littered with the remains of the project--including its members' dead bodies. As they try to piece together what could have possibly decimated an entire project, they discover that some things are best left buried--and some monsters are only too ready...