D. Jean Quarles Livres

As Most High Elected, Soluma-Rah of the Astral Zone makes her way across the stars, she instructs all the Beings of her galaxy on how to care for their charges - the young Hu-Mans taken from Earth. Not all the Beings of the other planets are in agreement. Some view the Hu-Mans as Disposables, while others worry how these young people will be used against them. Mandy Wrightwood flees from Wyoming after an earthquake rocks the world, with an American Bulldog named Charlie. The earth in shambles and her parents dead, her only choice is to go south to a dome in the middle of nowhere. She heads to Arizona and the Biosphere, where she is told she will be safe. Moments before she can enter, the Yellowstone Super Volcano erupts, sending clouds of ash their way. Mandy finds herself in a new world, unsure of what her future holds. Charlie keeps her company while she fights to find her place among a small group of survivors. And in the skies above, there is betrayal, the demise of a planet, and talk of war. Now every Being stands to lose.

Gillian is distraught, hearing her parents arguing she learns the ugly truth, the Yellowstone super volcano that they've been studying is getting ready to explode. Sworn to secrecy, she has promised her parents she will continue as if nothing is wrong while they determine their next move, this includes participating in the State Speech & Debate meet in Casper, Wyoming. But when an earthquake disrupts the meet, Gillian feels the need to confide in someone else. She lets seven students in on the terrifying truth, the Earth will soon be in a state of nuclear winter. With the Earth in peril, aliens from the Astral Zone have convened to determine the fate of Hu-Mans. Most High Elected, Soluma-Rah, is determined to save as many children as she can, but while others in the federation seem to agree, do they have ulterior motives? Catastrophic events, that once begun cannot be stopped, create a parent's worse nightmare. Should they let their children go with aliens, or keep them home and hope to survive? And what of Gillian and the students she's told? Where can they go?