SuitabookAdolescence and responsibility
Alden is a teenager who has had to grow up quickly while confronting an event with consequences for humanity.
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Jeff Parker - Author
This is a science-fiction story about a teenager facing an extraordinary arrival that becomes an invasion. Its central appeal appears to be the meeting of personal growing-up, friendship and planetary-scale responsibility.
On a summer night, Alden Baylor sits in a field watching the largest meteor shower in human history. What begins as teenage adventure becomes something more - the celestial event brings travelers who will change the world completely, and Alden discovers a connection to one of them. How does a young man who had to grow up fast handle the invasion of his planet? Can Alden keep humanity from oblivion? From writer Jeff Parker (Aquaman, Hulk) and artist Sandy Jarrell (Batman '66) comes this story of adolescence, friendship, and hard decisions.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a science-fiction story about a teenager facing an extraordinary arrival that becomes an invasion. Its central appeal appears to be the meeting of personal growing-up, friendship and planetary-scale responsibility.
Alden is a teenager who has had to grow up quickly while confronting an event with consequences for humanity.
Alden discovers a connection to one of the travellers after their arrival becomes an invasion of his planet.
The invasion and threat of humanity’s oblivion may make the story emotionally intense.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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