Ashes To Ashes

"The silence, I believe, was what first roused me. Not a single bird or cricket let free a note. Even the wind seemed too still for the arrival of what was to come. Before I opened my eyes, I knew something was wrong. I felt it in my blood.

Terror ripped through my heart as I realized what was happening. Immediately I guessed that Garhet had fallen asleep on his turn to watch for Reapers, but then I realized that Garhet wasn't anywhere near me. The weight of his arm was not upon my back as it usually was and my spirit felt as alone in this world as it had the day after my mother left. A cold shiver ran up my spine as I slowly opened my eyes to see what the night might hold..."

This is the personal journal of Mal, a sixteen year old girl who struggles to survive in Earth's final days. Her journey begins when Death Dealers, aliens that hunt in silence, begin harvesting humans from her village. Forced to flee into the wilds of the mountains surrounding her home, Mal, along with her three friends must learn how to cope and survive.