Next year, aliens invade our planet. Though their technology is superior, the human effort to protect the homeland is fierce, and gaining ground. The world-wide battle is far from over, and could go either way. Faced with this stiff resistance, the aliens change tactics, and begin abducting humans for unknown purposes. One 12-year-old boy, Tom, is taken. But his age belies survival skills, and his response will reverberate to a world-wide level, ultimately effecting the outcome of the war.