When They Came (Book 1 of The Earth Ascending)

They came in the darkness. And they came with a secret.

We always thought it would be aliens, for centuries humanity has fantasised about the coming of an alien race. But we were so wrong.

It was summer when they came, I remembered waking up and looking up into the sky. And there it was.

Another earth.

It wasn't aliens that came, it was us. Humanity. They came through a pocket in space, fleeing their dying universe.

Earth celebrates. But soon a secret is revealed. A secret that leaves humanity shaken to its core.

Within months our earth is overrun. All that remains now is a small group of resistance.

An answer presents itself. A battle is won but the war is lost. A small group of survivors lead a deadly chase across both planets. Humanity's redemption the prize.

My name is Lily, and this is how the world ended.