*** Finalist in the Hugh Howey / Booktrack fanfic competition *** They started with 500, but their numbers are decreasing every day. Exponentially. Science Officer Brent and Medical Officer Kelley are tasked with discovering who — or what — is picking off colonists from their expeditionary settlement on the seeming Eden of this alien planet. But science and logic are no match for their rapacious nemesis, as they race to find a solution before their colony becomes unviable and the unthinkable becomes reality. *** Don’t forget to let me know what you think of the story in the Comments. Click on the star thingie. Thanks :-) You can also listen to this story with a soundtrack on BookTrack at: http://www.booktrack.com/read/72ee6e9f6604489db9d34bd297aa2277 ’The Final Solution’ is based on the universe described in the novel Half Way Home by Hugh Howey.

The uprising is ancient history, for most. The land has not been tamed, but the colonists have carved out their own niche - a stable, if small, society. Which is all very boring for two teenagers, raised on tales of heroics and danger. What harm could a little adventure do?