The story takes place a few days after a worldwide sickness has infected all of the adults, turning them into zombie-like creatures or killing them. The surviving children have formed a number of groups throughout England and America in order to better combat the threat posed by the adults and to increase their odds of survival. But they're coming. They want you. They are The Rise.

The boys have built a cardboard plane which they intend to make really fly - with Kenny as the reluctant pilot. One thing leads to another when during his voyage through the air, the poor kid encounters a squadron of fighter jets - which mistake him for something else...

"We fight every night for something, when the sun sets we're both the same; half in the shadows, half burned in flames. We can't look back for nothin'; take what you need, say your goodbyes. I gave you everything, this darkness is the light." DOGNUT/OC. FULL SUMMARY INSIDE. [THE DEAD-THE END]

My name is Thomas Reacher, survivor of the new world. A world where everyone over the age of sixteen wants to eat the surviving kids. Yep, that's my world. Welcome to Hell.