Day Soldiers — Brandon Hale

Lily was eight years old when the darkness declared war on humanity. By the time she was eighteen, the Legion occupied over half of the United States. Her hometown of Iveyton, Virginia was far south of the battle lines, but that fact offered Lily no comfort. She knew what she had to do. She had spent the past ten years preparing for the day she could enlist in the Day Soldiers and join in the fight against the darkness. Lily was ready to do her part. She was ready to join the fight to protect humanity. She was ready to go to war. The one thing she wasn't prepared for was the day the war came to her…