The second sensational novel in the series that has transfixed millions of readers worldwide.
Would you give up everything? Would you fight? Would you sacrifice life itself? When their country in invaded and their families are taken, eight high school teenagers band together to fight. Seventeen-year-old Ellie and her friends have survived the invasion, but Kevin is imprisoned and Corrie is alive, but in a coma. Homer and Ellie are determined to get them back and to continue their campaign against the enemy.
As the pressure grows, can Ellie work out her conflicted feelings of the brilliant, arrogant Homer and the strong, gentle Lee? As war rages, and the enemy closes in, Ellie and her friends must once again fight for their lives... but how many of their band will be left? A truly involving story about the incredible challenges of warfare, amid the intensity of first love.