When a rain of alien invaders crashes to Earth and lays siege to the planet, destroying everything in their path, humans find themselves powerless against the onslaught. The creatures roll across the country from every direction, converging on the heartland unimpeded except by a small group of teenagers in the forests of Idaho. Running into one of the creatures while on a morning hunt, Kit, Luke, and Chris find themselves forced to do what no one else on the planet has been able to.....kill their attacker. What follows is a desperate bid by an inexperienced group of young survivors, changelings, vampires, and humans alike, to save the people of Earth from annihilation. Yet even as the ragtag group frantically searches for the meaning of and a potential solution to the ever-advancing invasion, their respective leaders plot and scheme in ruthless power plays from the shadows of the planet's imminent doom. Kit and her friends soon find themselves struggling against all sides as they not only face resistance from all sides but strive to unite their disparate peoples as well.