[The Zed Trilogy 01] • Zed

**Blue blood. Look for the blue blood. It just might save your life.**

A man presses a gun against a boy’s temple and fires. The lifeless body falls to the ground and offers a last few involuntary twitches before stopping to stare wide-eyed into eternity. Thus begins the last test you’d ever want to take and the beginning of an edge-of-your-seat science-fiction thriller entitled Zed.

Tough times call for tough measures, and in the late 2100s on planet Earth, tough times is an understatement. Aliens are in control and mankind is nearing extinction. Annie is a seventeen-year-old girl who, after doing poorly on her career placement test, is placed in the most dangerous career available. She must leave the protection of her town to gather food and supplies for the inhabitants without being discovered by the soul-sucking alien overlords who dominate the planet.

Along the way, Annie must make crucial decisions which could determine the fate of the human race. She also may learn very quickly the importance of choosing the right friends and discover that some secrets are best left unlearned. Annie must rely on the hope against hope, a distant hospitable planet, while avoiding murderous aliens who are virtually indistinguishable from the humans they seek to destroy.

Discover a dystopian world you would never which to visit and some courageous characters you’ll be rooting for to save it. C. S. Nelson’s Zed will ensure you are never bored and keep up a manic pace on your journey of survival to the end of the world or the beginning of a new one.