[The Rain 01] • The Rain · · The Beginning

* Follow Vivian's journey as she grows from a frightened teenager to a hardened militia Commander ***

It started as a long anticipated class trip to Disneyland. Seventeen year old Vivian had a crush on Ryan for weeks and being able to spent time with him away from school seemed like a dream come true. But the dream trip soon turns into a nightmare as people start to attack others and the teenagers. They kill Vivian's father and the only other teacher. In for the fight for her life and stranded with the remnants of the football team in an unknown state, far from home and without any adults, Vivian and her friends try desperately to leave California and get back home. Having to fight zombie like creatures who want nothing more than to kill the teenagers, are not their only worries. Gangs try to take their bus and only with the help of a marine named Colin do they manage to leave California behind and get back home.

Being home does not bring the safety she hopes for though, rumors of aliens sending life altering rain down on Earth are abounded and unfortunately turn out to be true.

Vivian has to change from normal teenage girl to become a fighter in order to stay alive. Fortunately Colin as well as his father and brother are there to help her grow into a person to be reckoned with.

The maniacs, that's what the zombie like creatures are being called, soon turn up in her once peaceful hometown, wreaking havoc on the unsuspecting populace and attacking her high school. Rumors of a looming alien invasion drive more and more of Vivian's friends to become fighters as well. But will a small teenage army be enough to deal with an alien invasion in the middle of a zombie apocalypse?

And if that is not enough, strange plants and wildlife turn up, as well as the temperatures. Is Earth being terraformed?

What other surprises lurk in the dark forests surrounding their hometown?