All that stands between us and extinction is a middle school kid. Who's taking bets?
A Middle Grade Science Fiction Apocalypse Adventure
YA Science Fiction Adventure by Craig Robertson
a Post Apocalyptic Voyage With A Twist!
It’s Chris’s 1st of 7th Grade. Anxiety and Peer Pressure Await Him. But So Does an Alien Invasion! A Teenager. Angst. Aliens. It’s Going to Get Messy! YA Science Fiction Apocalypse — Chris finds first love, battles a robot invasion, and becomes a hero.
A middle grade science fiction apocalypse story unlike any other — An Apocalypse and Then Some drops you right into the worst first day of seventh grade imaginable.
It was Chris Alan’s very first day of seventh grade. That’s hard. That’s bad. No child should be asked to do such an awful thing. Humiliation, embarrassment, and social isolation await him. Then, of all days, the aliens decide to launch their conquest of Earth. So along with Chris’s preteen angst, he gets aerial bombardment and vicious insectile aliens piling out of their ships and killing humans in earnest. What a rotten first day of class!
As his world collapses around him, Chris makes a frantic run for safety. Alone, he heads into the Rocky Mountains to avoid capture. Now he faces alien pursuit and, soon, the Montana winter — completely on his own, forced to live by his wits. A betting person would wager big money on Chris failing. But that gambler doesn’t know our hero. Chris never quits and he is committed to saving his species. All he lacks are resources, experience, and help of any kind. Yeah, no big deal. He’s got this.
While he struggles to survive, Chris chances to observe significant people from his past — a teacher, classmates, and even a girl he had a crush on. But can he fulfill his promise to save any of them? If he does, his meager supplies will be strained and he risks betrayal. A desperate person might purchase their freedom by selling out anyone they could to their cruel masters. If Chris slips up just once, he’s a goner.
The aliens are holding humans with no evident plan, and anguish, starvation, and hopelessness are slowly killing the captives. An unbelievable discovery might let Chris turn the tide on humanity’s evil conquerors — but can a teenager on his own possibly mount an effective defense? Most people would curl up and give up. But that’s not how Chris Alan is put together. He’s willing to roll the dice in an impossible gambit to save his species. Is he brave? Crazy? Nope — he’s a teenage boy. Hey, what could go wrong?
