The Rise — Gavin Bennett

The Rise is the story of a sixteen year old boy named Erik Kelby. An alien race, known as the Solari, come to earth with the cure for cancer as well as great advances in technology. All is well until people start to disappear. Erik is a rebel that learns to hate the Solari and fights against them. He is taken away from earth and ends up on another planet where he is amazed at the things he sees. He is a fighter and joins a group of boys to fight the Solari on their planet so he can get back to earth. Erik finds friends and his own inner strength as he is faced with the responsibility of saving a planet.