After three, grueling years of Juvenile prison, Mahtog Merceed is given life, and must soon move to an adult County. All hope for Merceed, seems stuck behind the same metal bars he lives behind, and he can't imagine life without his best friend, Tyrone Rich. So when his transportation begins, Merceed plans an escape by suicide. Yet when Earth is invaded with an alien species, hope reveals a different fate. Every man's for himself, and Merceed falls into the hand of second chances. Now he must choose a new path, and he's running straight back to the facility that imprisoned him.