When Nick Rellic was 14, it was said that a meteor was headed for the earth.
It was big enough to wipe out mankind.
So, mankind being mankind, they blew it up.
Thinking that they saved the world, we celebrated, threw parties and spent our time outside.
But if we had stayed inside we might've survived.
The dust and particles from the meteor spread all around the world, onto us, affecting us. It gave us... abilities.
Soon, people were burning down buildings with a glance, and moving a thousand miles, faster then the speed of light with a single step.
Nick Rellic is now 17, and he has barely survived. He doesn't know how he has, but he's done it all with his trusty sword.
Nick Rellic doesn't know where his parents are, or how they are, but to him it doesn't matter, because they taught him that if anything ever happens, he comes first before them. Sure he misses them but, it's in his blood now.
Nick Rellic has heard rumours, rumours of an island, and on the island, there's a school that teaches kids to survive, how to wield a blade and their ability. How to resist succumbing to death.
And that's where he's headed.
A ragtag gang of teens teams up with a neighboring girl gang when a major cartel moves into town, threatening their families, their turf, and the community they've worked so hard to protect.
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Cash West formed the Seven 20s - a gang of six overzealous teens with guns - to keep his tiny, crime-infested town in nowhere California safe. His methods are unorthodox and frankly illegal, but the town loves his Robin Hood heroics. However, the gang gets more than they bargained for when the Mendoza cartel rolls into town, determined to knock them off the map. As the threat hits closer to home, Cash has no choice but to team up with his ex-girlfriend Tiana's neighboring girl gang, the Hearts of Spades. Soon allies become enemies, families get trapped in the crossfire, and romance brews as Cash fights to unravel a massive conspiracy that puts everyone that matters to him at risk. When the stakes are life and death, will the gangs be able to overcome an enemy more powerful than any of them could have predicted?
Book One of The Seven Twenties Series
Content and Trigger Warning: contains violence, drug use, mentions of domestic abuse, and mature themes.