Pawns: The Wielders of Arantha, Book 1 (Unabridged‪)‬

Seven hundred years in the future, the Jegg - a powerful alien race - invade Earth, wiping out half of the Terran Confederation.

In a hidden base under the Sahara Desert, a team of scientists works to mount a resistance against the invaders. Their plan is to fit an Earth ship with Jegg folding-space technology and travel to the other side of the galaxy to find a mysterious energy source...one that could help them defeat the Jegg.

But just before departure, catastrophe strikes. Only two of the crew survive and make it to their destination: the team leader's wife, Maeve, and her teenage son, Davin. What they find on the distant planet will forever change both the future of their family and their planet, as they enter a race against time...and against impossible odds.