Abducted (The Beast's Burden Chronicles Book 1)

Trapped aboard a living spacecraft hidden above her hometown, a teenage outcast must wage war against ruthless alien mercenaries to save her best friend before the ship jumps into deep space.A SHIP FULL OF ALIENS TOOK HER BEST FRIEND. THEY SHOULD’VE LEFT HER ON EARTH.Abigail Ashby was raised to be a weapon by a dad convinced the world was on the brink of collapse. Then, inexplicably, he forced her into early retirement—aka high school.These days, Abigail's only battle is defending Harris, her outcast best friend who swears his parents were abducted by aliens. She's secretly sure he’s delusional—right up until his bedroom explodes in amethyst light.They wake up aboard the Beast’s Burden, an interstellar warship lurking above their town. Its leader, a sadistic warlord, seizes Harris as his prize, while Abigail slips away in the chaos—overlooked, underestimated.Until she kills an alien to survive.Now, hunted through the ship’s living corridors, Abigail must decide: retreat into the shadows, or unleash the lethal training she buried to wage a one-girl war and save everything she's ever known... Because Harris isn’t just a hostage. He’s the trigger for humanity’s extinction. Read more