Book description
On a distant planet called Nova Prime, the United Ranger Corps
defends the galaxy's remaining humans from an alien race known as the
Skrel and their genetically engineered predators, the Ursa. But when
one Ranger discovers the secret to destroying the enemy, she faces a
decision no one should have to make.
Ghost Stories: Birthright is the third of six ebook short
stories that lead up to the events of After Earth, the epic
science fiction adventure film directed by M. Night Shyamalan and
starring Jaden Smith and Will Smith.
After watching her husband die in a horrible accident, Mallory
McGuiness has only one option: keep working. Rangers have duties.
Responsibilities. Mallory is justthat - an ordinary Ranger - until she
vanquishes one of the nearly invincible Ursaand realises she is much,
much more. Unfortunately, the power to save the human race from
extinction comes riddled with questions, conflicts, and no guarantees,
only impossible choices. Frustrated by her suddenly tame assignments,
Mallory considers jumping the chain of command, taking her grievance
directly to Commanding General Cypher Raige. But she stifles the
impulse long enough to tangle with destiny on a desert mission where
nothing's supposed to go wrong . . . and everything does.
Peter David is a prolific author whose career, and continued
popularity, spans nearly two decades. He has worked in every conceivable
media: television, film, books (fiction, non-fiction and audio), short
stories and comic books, and acquired followings in all of them.
