One (Countdown Book Six)

"Hi, my name's Eli Moore. You might have heard of me, on the news, or seen me on Youtube. I hear I'm on Youtube. But you're not here because I was on Youtube. I know why you're here. You're here because the government are hiding things from you, and you should know the truth. There's a secret... A big secret. So many people have died for this secret... but I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me tell you how my twelfth birthday turned to hell, and how, now, nearly six years later, I'm on the run from the government with my four friends on a quest to find the truth before more people get hurt. Let me tell you about the things they've done, and the things I've done. The people they've hurt, and the people I've hurt. The mistakes they've made, and... the many, many mistakes I've made. Let me tell you about how so many of my friends died heroically to see a better world... Let me start at the beginning. It all started when I turned twelve. Up until then, I was a near enough normal kid..."