POD

By Stephen Wallenfels, 192 pages.

I made the mistake of starting this book before bed one night, not a good idea if aliens and the apocolypse freak you out. POD follows two young people during what appears to be an alien invasion. The pods appear one morning accompanied by horrific sounds only people can hear. There is no electricity and no communicative devices work. Any person stepping outside is immediately obliterated and disappear without a trace. Josh is sixteen and trapped at home with his father, they have no idea if his mother is alive. Megs is twelve and trapped in a parking garage of a hotel, her mother left and Megs is alone. The first-person narration switches back and forth between both characters as we watch their desperation to survive on both a physical level and an emotional level. This book is NOT for everyone, it is an account of an apocolyptic event so horrible things happen and there aren't many answers, but it will interest people who enjoy science fiction and stories of survival.