

What sense can they make of the new race that the human species had to become to prevail? The series is tentatively titled Taking Back Earth, and the first book will be called Atavism. But at what cost? The novels follow the efforts of a sister and brother as they try to rebuild a life for themselves, bereft of family or friends, beset by dangerous predators, and not always certain who they can trust. They come, they conquer-eventually, the human race rallies to defeat them. I've also begun work on a new trilogy about the aftermath of an alien invasion of the earth. The third book, Girl Takes Up Her Sword, came out last spring, along with a longish short story that follows Emily Kane on a spiritual journey to Kathmandu. The second book, entitled Girl Punches Out, came out last summer. The first book in the series, Girl Fights Back, came out the summer before last. When disaster strikes, she discovers that her hobby maybe the only thing that can save her, or it may be the very thing that will destroy her. She studies martial arts after school, and she's gotten to be proficient. She's a loner, one of those kids who doesn't open up to others readily. These are primarily about the struggles of a high school student to make sense of her life when extraordinary events overtake her family. The series I've been working on recently is called The Emily Kane Adventures.
