Anne M. Holcomb

Three summers have passed since alien outsiders who call themselves the Annu invaded the valley home of the Circle of Kin, a Stone Age tribe. In an attempt to cure the plague destroying their people, the Annu used Scout, a teenage member of the Circle, in an experiment designed to create hybrid babies. Now, a war is brewing across two worlds. A group of Annu rebels are collaborating with humans to create a safe haven for the hybrid children, but the repressive Administration will do anything to destroy the rebels’ new way of life. Scout must join her Annu friend, Ori, to help the rebels, save the children, and find a dangerous artifact that will ensure their survival.