To the aliens, he’s the Pathbreaker. To Lawrence High, he’s the kid in the detention closet.
Jake Hines stopped an attack on his school with his bare hands. His reward? Weeks of in-school suspension, locked in a tiny pink room he had to repaint himself just to stay sane.
So he makes the best of it. He sneaks in before dawn to build the drama club’s flying rig. He ends up teaching math at the middle school, because they’ve nearly run out of teachers. And he still gets the cows fed before first bell.
Then night falls, and the real job begins.
An alien summit is coming to the base, and every race at the table has an opinion about humanity. The Coalition of Worlds has run the numbers on Earth, and the likeliest futures are stark: let humans in, or wipe them out. Jake survived their test, a gauntlet of warped and splintered time that left him gasping on the floor. His reward this time? Translator, troubleshooter and, somehow, the guy in charge of dessert.
Reptilian assassins. Teenagers turned into weapons by voices in their heads. A visiting vampire who needs to borrow a cow. And the President of the United States, who seems personally determined to keep Jake punished.
Jake can handle alien super soldiers and broken time. Making it through one more school week might be harder.
Pathbreaker is Book 8 of Behind the Wall, the science fiction and fantasy series of aliens, vampires, magic and one overbooked fifteen-year-old who just wants everyone to live until Friday. If you haven’t met Jake yet, start with Cul-De-Sac.
Open Pathbreaker, because the aliens are already taking their seats, and Jake still has candy to make.
Genre: Science Fiction
Jake Hines stopped an attack on his school with his bare hands. His reward? Weeks of in-school suspension, locked in a tiny pink room he had to repaint himself just to stay sane.
So he makes the best of it. He sneaks in before dawn to build the drama club’s flying rig. He ends up teaching math at the middle school, because they’ve nearly run out of teachers. And he still gets the cows fed before first bell.
Then night falls, and the real job begins.
An alien summit is coming to the base, and every race at the table has an opinion about humanity. The Coalition of Worlds has run the numbers on Earth, and the likeliest futures are stark: let humans in, or wipe them out. Jake survived their test, a gauntlet of warped and splintered time that left him gasping on the floor. His reward this time? Translator, troubleshooter and, somehow, the guy in charge of dessert.
Reptilian assassins. Teenagers turned into weapons by voices in their heads. A visiting vampire who needs to borrow a cow. And the President of the United States, who seems personally determined to keep Jake punished.
Jake can handle alien super soldiers and broken time. Making it through one more school week might be harder.
Pathbreaker is Book 8 of Behind the Wall, the science fiction and fantasy series of aliens, vampires, magic and one overbooked fifteen-year-old who just wants everyone to live until Friday. If you haven’t met Jake yet, start with Cul-De-Sac.
Open Pathbreaker, because the aliens are already taking their seats, and Jake still has candy to make.
Genre: Science Fiction
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