Vast Collective Series

In 2006, Earth faces an invasion by mythic aliens from the planet Cinder. Trained by a human-sympathizer and traitor to his own kind, Rayne and her unit of teenagers find themselves in a desperate struggle against the lethal invaders.

Rayne and her friends fight to stop the invasion of Earth by ancient, merciless aliens hell-bent on enslaving humanity for compatible blood. They spent the last four years training to fight Nox, ruler of the invading race. Our five fighters never expected the aliens, affected by sunlight, to attack them at school during the day. If the good guys can’t stop the invasion now, it will spread across the world. And Nox will use Rayne to make it happen.

Recover. Regroup. Resist. Rayne and the other Progeny inspire uprisings into an army against the Icari, an alien race occupying Earth and enslaving humans. Nox, Icarean King, orchestrates demoralizing assaults on the resistance through his own armies and a cult of zealous humans dedicated to realizing his vision. On the verge of obtaining his most ambitious desires, he will stop at nothing to rule not only his home planet and Earth, but Rayne as well. Rayne’s charged with generating a mutually beneficial solution for both races.

Nox has won. Rayne is his captive. Every hour, her prison draws enough blood from her to keep the conduit between Earth and Cinder open—a bridge enabling humanity's enslavement to Nox's people, the Icari. Nox knows his plans are twisted and wrong. He is wrong. But he will stop at nothing to claim his revenge. Once Rayne escapes, it's all out war, and she is the ultimate weapon. It comes at a cost, but nothing will stop Rayne from saving her people—a determination she and Nox share.

I'm dead. You killed me. But you still need to read this, Rayne. I lived my life as a vicious monster. A weapon. A villain. Now you face the same dilemma. Maybe the story of my life will answer a few of your questions. How does one become a monster?