Into the Light

Into the Light follows Out of the Dark, the science fiction story in which humanity drove off an alien occupation. The Shongairi struck Earth with a devastating opening assault that killed half the population and left cities in ruins. They had no idea that the planet was also home to a second intelligent, tool-making species. Humans were one. The other was long-lived, deadly, and had spent generations hidden in eastern Europe's mountains, where it survived as the stuff of legend. When that species came out of hiding and allied with humanity, the invaders were defeated.

Earth is free again, and people are using the technology the Shongairi left behind to rebuild as quickly as they can. Meanwhile, a small group of the blood-drinking immortals has seized an alien warship, one of the kind built to destroy planets, and is heading for the Shongairi homeworld.