She has one hour to save the world.
And the clock is ticking...
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She has one hour to save the world.
And the clock is ticking...
It's seventeen-year-old Sara's job to save Earth. The only problem is every time she's tried so far, she's failed. The fact that she can travel through time isn't helping either, especially when everyone believes she's the only person who simply cannot die—because she's the only one who can jumpstart all the events and give humanity one last chance.
Get a first glimpse at time-traveling Sara—the main character in the award-winning novel, VALIANT—as she desperately tries to change the one event that sets an alien apocalypse in motion: the launch of the Valiant rocket ship to Titan.
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For fans of The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancy, The Host by Stephanie Meyer, Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore, Passenger by Alexandra Bracken, The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, The Terminator, Body Snatchers, and Edge of Tomorrow.
And the clock is ticking...
It's seventeen-year-old Sara's job to save Earth. The only problem is every time she's tried so far, she's failed. The fact that she can travel through time isn't helping either, especially when everyone believes she's the only person who simply cannot die—because she's the only one who can jumpstart all the events and give humanity one last chance.
Get a first glimpse at time-traveling Sara—the main character in the award-winning novel, VALIANT—as she desperately tries to change the one event that sets an alien apocalypse in motion: the launch of the Valiant rocket ship to Titan.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
For fans of The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancy, The Host by Stephanie Meyer, Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore, Passenger by Alexandra Bracken, The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, The Terminator, Body Snatchers, and Edge of Tomorrow.
PRAISE FOR THE AWARD-WINNING VALIANT
"An imaginative, fresh take on the time travel novel. Valiant has it all: breakneck adventure, high stakes, a kick-ass heroine, and a time-twisting narrative. Seriously captivating sci-fi.” —Tosca Lee, New York Times bestselling author of The Progeny |
“Edge of Tomorrow meets Terminator in this riveting, post-apocalyptic adventure from Merrie Destefano.”—Paul Regnier, author of the Space Drifter series |
“I highly recommend Valiant to anyone that loves dystopian books. It’s hard to tell a good story and have it be believable. This book is both.” – Books in Brogan |
RENEGADE EXCERPT
I’ve practiced this countless times and this is the time I’ll finally get it right.
I’m a black shadow at midnight, I’m as silent as the wind--
Still, a layer of sweat ices my brow, and my hands tremble as I make my way across the JPL-NASA campus. More than fifty research labs and buildings stretch between me and my target, but from the moment the sun goes down, this once familiar site turns into an ominous maze. Darkness erases all the landmarks and my training evaporates like water in the desert.
I lift my gaze, trying to reorient myself but it’s so dark that, even with my night vision goggles, I can’t see the San Gabriel Mountains up ahead. In my mind, I know exactly where they must be—all ten thousand feet of rock and forest—and I can almost feel them pressing down upon me, whispering, taunting…
You’ve done this before and, every time, you’ve failed.
The memory stings.
I swallow, my throat dry.
There are three things I have to remember tonight…
One: They want to kill us, every single one of us, from my parents to my teachers to my best friends.
Two: They’re not human.
Three: This might be my last chance to prevent a war that will ravage our planet.
A laser switchblade is clutched in my fist, the metal slick and foreign. Other people prefer more modern weapons, but a laser switchblade—that’s my choice. You get to see your enemies up close and personal, you see the flicker of fear in their alien eyes. That right there can give me enough adrenaline to complete almost any job. Not to mention, this baby is the only thing that can kill my real enemy.
The Xua.
The silver-skinned, alien invaders who want to take over Earth.
Despite all my jumps through time, this war has never felt right. It was never what I wanted to do.
“Everyone else can die, remember that,” a voice says in my ear. “Not you.”
I flinch at the words. It’s Natalie, my best friend, talking through our skin site com system. Altogether, we’re a crew of four teenagers, all of us trying our best to keep to the shadows, as if that will hide us from the hair-trigger alarms that protect this facility.
“You took down the sensors?” I ask her, my voice so low even I can barely hear it.
Natalie sighs. And although Billy’s on the other side of the building, his chuckle sounds like he’s standing right beside me. Justin is the only one who answers, the calm assurance in his voice exactly what I need right now.
“She did,” he replies. “We tested it last night. We’re good to go.”
I nod, then realize no one can see me. I never asked to be the one to save the world and it’s not on my to-do list. But somehow, I got tangled up in this war and this is what I have to do.
I glance down at the monitor on the back of my hand. This is the first life that I scored one of these things and it’s made my job so much easier. I can see my younger brother, Gabe, in his bedroom, laughing and playing video games, the light from his screen turning his face blue, then green, then red.
He smiles and it lifts my spirits.
He’s safe.
As long as he’s alive, we still have a chance.
It’s Go Time. It’s now or never.
I’m a black shadow at midnight, I’m as silent as the wind--
Still, a layer of sweat ices my brow, and my hands tremble as I make my way across the JPL-NASA campus. More than fifty research labs and buildings stretch between me and my target, but from the moment the sun goes down, this once familiar site turns into an ominous maze. Darkness erases all the landmarks and my training evaporates like water in the desert.
I lift my gaze, trying to reorient myself but it’s so dark that, even with my night vision goggles, I can’t see the San Gabriel Mountains up ahead. In my mind, I know exactly where they must be—all ten thousand feet of rock and forest—and I can almost feel them pressing down upon me, whispering, taunting…
You’ve done this before and, every time, you’ve failed.
The memory stings.
I swallow, my throat dry.
There are three things I have to remember tonight…
One: They want to kill us, every single one of us, from my parents to my teachers to my best friends.
Two: They’re not human.
Three: This might be my last chance to prevent a war that will ravage our planet.
A laser switchblade is clutched in my fist, the metal slick and foreign. Other people prefer more modern weapons, but a laser switchblade—that’s my choice. You get to see your enemies up close and personal, you see the flicker of fear in their alien eyes. That right there can give me enough adrenaline to complete almost any job. Not to mention, this baby is the only thing that can kill my real enemy.
The Xua.
The silver-skinned, alien invaders who want to take over Earth.
Despite all my jumps through time, this war has never felt right. It was never what I wanted to do.
“Everyone else can die, remember that,” a voice says in my ear. “Not you.”
I flinch at the words. It’s Natalie, my best friend, talking through our skin site com system. Altogether, we’re a crew of four teenagers, all of us trying our best to keep to the shadows, as if that will hide us from the hair-trigger alarms that protect this facility.
“You took down the sensors?” I ask her, my voice so low even I can barely hear it.
Natalie sighs. And although Billy’s on the other side of the building, his chuckle sounds like he’s standing right beside me. Justin is the only one who answers, the calm assurance in his voice exactly what I need right now.
“She did,” he replies. “We tested it last night. We’re good to go.”
I nod, then realize no one can see me. I never asked to be the one to save the world and it’s not on my to-do list. But somehow, I got tangled up in this war and this is what I have to do.
I glance down at the monitor on the back of my hand. This is the first life that I scored one of these things and it’s made my job so much easier. I can see my younger brother, Gabe, in his bedroom, laughing and playing video games, the light from his screen turning his face blue, then green, then red.
He smiles and it lifts my spirits.
He’s safe.
As long as he’s alive, we still have a chance.
It’s Go Time. It’s now or never.
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